Abstract
One of the main theoretical issues in developing a theory of anisotropic viscoelastic media at finite strains lies in the proper definition of the material symmetry group and its evolution with time. In this paper the matter is discussed thoroughly and addressed by introducing a novel anisotropic remodelling equation compatible with the principle of structural frame indifference, a requirement that every inelastic theory based on the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient must obey to. The evolution laws of the dissipative process are completely determined by two scalar functions, the elastic strain energy and the dissipation densities. The proper choice of the dissipation function allows us to reduce the proposed model to the model of an anisotropic fluid, when deformation is sufficiently slow, or to the anisotropic hyperelastic solid for fast deformations. Finally, a few prototype examples are discussed to highlight the role of the relaxation times in the constitutive response.
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