The boundary element method was applied to polymer
analysis. The comparison of two existing BEM
approaches was carried out solving a benchmark
viscoelastic problem numerically and comparing with
the analytical solutions. The fundamental solutions
due to both Heaviside and Dirac impulse were
obtained for a generalised Maxwell SLS material
model. A new time-domain BEM formulation for
viscoelasticity was derived, and the computer
program was implemented and validated. A mixed
method for quasi-static viscoelasticity was
proposed. Several viscoelastic problems were solved
for the...