The Mechanical Behavior of Viscoelastic Materials in the Frequency Domain

Abstract

In the last few decades, a growing need for new materials for several applications led to the development and increase of studies in new theories such as viscoelasticity. Many efforts have been done to understand and characterize the mechanical behavior of these materials. The purpose of this work is to determine the viscoelastic Poisson’s ratio in the frequency domain, \(\nu ^*(\omega )\), for a viscoelastic material in order to characterize its three-dimensional behavior. To do so, the work is based on the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle (EVCP) and the time-temperature superposition principle (TTSP). Measurements of the complex shear modulus, \(G^*(\omega )\), and the complex modulus, \(E^*(\omega )\), were performed using a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA). To consider eventual uncertainties, each specific mechanical test was carried out using three test-specimens.