New class of creep-relaxation functions (Q675344)

It is shown that generalized creep-relaxation functions turn out to be effective in the phenomenologic modelling the complicated materials behaviour, like that in homogenization of heterogeneous bodies and in modelling of the wave propagation and of the negative Poisson ratio phenomena in composites. New directions for fundamental and applied research, that are considered with the thermodynamic admissibility of viscoelastic models, are discussed. Examples of the application of generalized creep-relaxation functions are given, in particular for the dynamics of composites and for the thermomechanical modelling of wood.