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viscoelastic material — any gel like material used in ophthalmic surgery to help maintain the shape of ocular tissues as well as lubricate and minimize trauma. It is commonly used in intraocular surgery, such as cataract surgery … The new mediacal dictionary
material — also See base material bearing material molding material performance characteristics of materials piston material soundproofing material viscoelastic materials … Dictionary of automotive terms
viscoelastic — adjective Referring to a material that is viscous and elastic … Wiktionary
Maxwell material — A Maxwell material is a viscoelastic material having the properties both of elasticity and viscosity. It is named for James Clerk Maxwell who proposed the model in 1867. It is also known as a Maxwell fluid. Contents 1 Definition 2 Effect of a… … Wikipedia
Kelvin-Voigt material — A Kelvin Voigt material, also called a Voigt material, is a viscoelastic material having the properties both of elasticity and viscosity. It is named after the British physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and after German… … Wikipedia
Burgers material — A Burgers material is a viscoelastic material which consists of a Maxwell material and a Kelvin material in series.It is named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Martinus Burgers.ee alsoReferencesExternal links … Wikipedia
Viscoelasticity — is the property of materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. Viscous materials, like honey, resist shear flow and strain linearly with time when a stress is applied. Elastic materials strain… … Wikipedia
Creep (deformation) — For other uses, see Creep (disambiguation). v · d · e Materials failure modes Buckling … Wikipedia
Standard Linear Solid model — The Standard Linear Solid model (SLS) also know as the Kelvin model [* Fung YC. Biomechanics , 2nd ed. Springer Verlag, New York (1993). ISBN 0 387 97947 6 ] is a method of modeling the behavior of a viscoelastic material using a linear… … Wikipedia
Dynamic modulus — is the ratio of stress to strain under vibratory conditions (calculated from data obtained from either free or forced vibration tests, in shear, compression, or elongation). It is a property of viscoelastic materials. Contents 1 Viscoelastic… … Wikipedia
