Question

A series connection between a Hookean spring and a Newtonian dashpot results is ________ model.

(a) Maxwell

(b) Kelvin-Voigt

(c) Standard linear solid model

(d) Prony series

I got this question by my college director while I was bunking the class.

The query is from Elasticity, Relaxation Processes and Spring Dashpot Models topic in portion Plastic Deformation and Creep in Crystalline Materials, Elastic, Anelastic and Viscoelastic Behaviour of Engineering Material & Metallurgy

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Maxwell

For explanation: Viscoelastic materials can be modeled as springs and dashpots to understand their behavior. A connection in series of a Hookean spring and a Newtonian dashpot gives the Maxwell model, whereas parallel connection gives the Kelvin-Voigt model.