Viscoelastic Solids (1998)

Roderic Lakes is a Distinguished Professor, at the Department of Engineering Physics, Engineering Mechanics Program, Department of Materials Science, Rheology Research Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin.

• Introduction: PhenomenaConstitutive RelationsDynamic BehaviorConceptual Structure of Linear ViscoelasticityViscoelastic Stress and Deformation AnalysisExperimental MethodsViscoelastic Properties of MaterialsCausal MechanismsViscoelastic Composite MaterialsApplications and Case StudiesAppendices

"This book presents this theory as well as the physical insights, causal mechanisms, and practical application. It makes the subject accessible and useful for a variety of disciplines in engineering and experimental physical science."-LaDoc STI (Science, Technology & Industry), Bulletin of the Librairie Lavoisier ( Lavoisier Bookstore), France"This readable book can be used for self-study or in classroom situations…Recommended.'- R.G. Jeffers, University of Connecticut in CHOICE, September 1999