Week 11 Pre-Class

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Jan 9, 2024

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Briefly define stress relaxation and creep. Stress relaxation refers to a related behavior where the viscoelastic material is subjected to a constant strain, but the stress decreases over time. It occurs over time as the material gradually adapts to the applied load, causing a reduction in stress while maintaining the strain. Creep, on the other hand, is the progressive deformation of a material under a constant load. It involves the material's continued strain under a sustained load, leading to deformation over time. Which spring-dashpot model - Maxwell or Voigt - has the most realistic creep response? Justify your choice. The Voigt model tends to exhibit a more realistic creep response compared to the Maxwell model. This is because the Voigt model consists of a spring and dashpot in parallel, allowing for simultaneous response to both immediate elastic behavior (spring) and delayed viscous behavior (dashpot). Creep involves time-dependent deformation, and the Voigt model reflects this by combining both immediate and delayed responses, making it more suitable for representing creep behavior. Which spring-dashpot model - Maxwell, Voigt, or standard linear solid - has the most realistic stress relaxation response? Justify your choice. For stress relaxation, the Maxwell model typically portrays a more realistic response compared to the Voigt model or the standard linear solid model. The Maxwell model incorporates a spring and dashpot in series, which allows for a sequential response to applied stress, initially exhibiting a higher resistance to deformation (spring) followed by a gradual relaxation (dashpot). Stress relaxation involves the material's ability to relieve stress over time, and the sequential nature of the Maxwell model represents this phenomenon more accurately. What concept or example did you have the most difficulty understanding in this week's pre-class materials? The integration of viscoelastic behavior in biological tissues What was the most interesting thing you learned in this course? Why? The most intriguing aspect of this course is the transition from classical linear elasticity to more advanced concepts like viscoelasticity. Linear elasticity deals with understanding material behavior under load within the realm of Hooke's law. However, viscoelasticity introduces materials that exhibit time-dependent responses, capturing both elastic and viscous behaviors. Their behavior over time, their ability to store and dissipate energy, and the various models, like spring-dashpot systems, used to represent these behaviors provide a more realistic understanding of materials encountered in real-world applications.
What is something we did not cover in this course, or that we did not cover in detail, that you would have liked to spend more time on? Why? The course covers linear viscoelasticity and introduces models like Maxwell, Voigt, and standard linear solid, but a deeper understanding of their applications in biological tissues or cells might have been valuable. Understanding how these models accurately represent the viscoelastic behavior of biological materials under varying loading rates or stress conditions could have provided a more comprehensive understanding.
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