A Burgers material is a viscoelastic material having the properties both of elasticity and viscosity. It is named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Martinus Burgers.

Overview

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Maxwell representation

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Schematic diagram of Burgers material, Maxwell representation

Given that one Maxwell material has an elasticity   and viscosity  , and the other Maxwell material has an elasticity   and viscosity  , the Burgers model has the constitutive equation

 

where   is the stress and   is the strain.

Kelvin representation

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Schematic diagram of Burgers material, Kelvin representation

Given that the Kelvin material has an elasticity   and viscosity  , the spring has an elasticity   and the dashpot has a viscosity  , the Burgers model has the constitutive equation

 

where   is the stress and   is the strain.[1]

Model characteristics

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Comparison of creep and stress relaxation for three and four element models

This model incorporates viscous flow into the standard linear solid model, giving a linearly increasing asymptote for strain under fixed loading conditions.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Malkin, Alexander Ya.; Isayev, Avraam I. (2006). Rheology: Concepts, Methods, and Applications. ChemTec Publishing. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9781895198331.
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