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Time Dependence in Material Properties: An Overview

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This article presents an overview of time dependence in the mechanical properties of materials, and of the methods to describe it.

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Tschoegl, N. Time Dependence in Material Properties: An Overview. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 1, 3–31 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009748023394

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