I wish to express my full indebtedness to all researchers in the field. Without their outstanding contribution to knowledge, this book would not have been written. The author wishes to express his sincere thanks and gratitude to Professors M. F. Ashby (University of Cambridge), N. D. Cristescu (University ofFlorida), N. Davids (The Pennsylvania State University), H. F. Frost (Dartmouth College), A W. Hendry (University of Edinburgh), F. A Leckie (University of California, Santa Barbara), A K. Mukherjee (University of California, Davis), T. Nojima (Kyoto University), J. T. Pindera (University...

Provided by this book is a unified, comprehensive presentation of the foundations of the theory of viscoelastic solids. The large subject area is separated into self-contained chapters that give a full complete picture and allow a thorough understanding of the current status and future direction of individual topics. The author emphasizes the basic principles along with topics of fundamental importance to the understanding of viscoelasticity in its different regimes. Particular attention is paid to experimental activity, numerical characterization of the response of advanced industrial...