Kelvin-Voigt material

English

Etymology

The model was developed independently by the British physicist Lord Kelvin in 1865 and by the German physicist Woldemar Voigt in 1890.

Noun

Kelvin-Voigt material (plural Kelvin-Voigt materials)

  1. The simplest kind of viscoelastic material, with typical rubbery properties, being purely elastic on long timescales but with additional resistance to fast deformation.
    Synonym: Voigt material
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