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Creep after loading and stress-relaxation after lengthening were recorded during 1000 sec in the isolated taenia coli of the guinea-pig in the contracted (by KCl) and relaxed (by adrenaline, pyrophosphate, absence of Ca+++EGTA) state.
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The time course of creep and relaxation does not correspond either with the conception of a simple Voigt- or Maxwell model with constant parameters for viscoelastic and plastic elements or with a combination of these models in parallel or in series. The time course is not linear with the logarithm of time, referred to in earlier papers.
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There is a hyperbolic relation between creep N resp. relaxation R and their first derivatives in timedN/dt resp.dR/dt under all conditions. This is not strictly valid for the beginning and the end of the time course.
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An attempt is made to relate these results which reveal creep and stress-relaxation as a function of the diameter of the preparation to known structural facts.
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In an appendix a survey is given about the quantitative consequences of the application of Voigt- and Maxwell models including their combinations.
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Greven, K., Gotthardt, H. & Hancke, E. Der zeitliche Verlauf von Nachdehnungserscheinungen (Nachdehnung und Relaxation) an der Taenia coli des Meerschweinchens unter verschiedenen Bedingungen. Pflugers Arch. 344, 245–260 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588464
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