Monotonic, completely monotonic, and exponential relaxation functions in linear viscoelasticity

Gianpietro Del Piero, Luca Deseri

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    Abstract

    A priori restrictions on the relaxation function of linear viscoelasticity are studied under regularity assumptions weaker than those usually made in the literature. The new set of assumptions is sufficient to define, by a limit procedure, the work done in deformation processes in which some parts are subject either to extreme retardations or to extreme accelerations. The use of such processes results in a considerable simplification of the proofs of some classical results. Under the same assumptions, we give a characterization of the monotonicity of the relaxation function in terms of work. We also extend an earlier one-dimensional characterization of complete monotonicity due to Day, and prove that the work done in every closed path in stress-strain space is nonnegative if and only if the relaxation function is of exponential type.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)273-300
    Number of pages28
    JournalQuarterly of Applied Mathematics
    Volume53
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1995

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Applied Mathematics

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