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A minimal network model for creep

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We present a minimal rheological network model for the creep function in plastic flow. The model has a very small number of elements—a maximum of two linear springs, two Newtonian dashpots and a frictional mass. No non-Newtonian dashpots or other nonlinear elements are invoked. A wide variety of creep-curve shapes including those with inflection points across which the curvature changes sign are shown to be reproduced by the model and its sub-cases.

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  1. V balakrishnan

    Present address: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, 600 036, Madras, India

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  1. Department of Physics, Madura College, 625 011, Madurai, India

    M Krishnamoorthy & V balakrishnan

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Krishnamoorthy, M., balakrishnan, V. A minimal network model for creep. Bull. Mater. Sci. 7, 95–100 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744415

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