This book contains notes for a one-semester graduate course which is an introduction to the study of viscoelasticity and creep of concrete. Emphasis was set on the conceptual aspects rather than on the mathematical or computational refinements. The mathematical structure of viscoelasticity is discussed with some care because it clarifies the basic concepts and has important consequences in computa tional applications. Basic ideas are exemplified using the simplest problems and constitutive models in order to be able to show complete solutions. In the computational applications we have also...

A guide to how to solve problems in which viscoelasticity is present using existing commercial computational codes. It gives information on codes' structure and use, data preparation and output interpretation and verification. It provides the models, equations and notation to be used in the computational applications.