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Maxwell Spring-Damper Element
Maxwell Spring-Damper Element
Fig 1
The force deformation relationship is given by
f = k 2 d k = c( d c ) β
where k2 is the spring stiffness, c is the damping coefficient, βis the damping
exponent, dk is the deformation across the spring, and d c is the deformation rate
across the damper.
The constitutive relationship can be obtained as
d = d k + d c = f / k 2 + ( f / c)1 / β