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Creep and Relaxation of Springs

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In this chapter the time-depending behavior of spring elements under steady load is studied. The common creep laws are implemented for the description of material. For basic spring elements the Norton-Bailey, Garofalo and Naumenko-Altenbach-Gorash constitutive models were studied. Analytical models are developed for the relaxation of stresses and creep under constant load. Closed-form solutions of the analytical models of creep and relaxation are found. The explanation of the experimental procedure for the experimental acquisition of creep models is given.

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    For material thickness the symbol T is used. The symbol t is reserved for time variable.

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Kobelev, V. (2018). Creep and Relaxation of Springs. In: Durability of Springs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58478-2_6

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