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Comparison of the Behaviour of Rubber-like Materials under Constant Stress and Constant Strain Conditions

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MANY experimental data have been published substantiating the use of the Nutting equation, ψ = Sβ σ - 1 tk, where S is shear stress, σ is strain, β, k and ψ are constants, when a series of constant stress experiments is performed. Our own as yet unpublished results confirm the equation over an even wider range of materials.

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BLAIR, G., VEINOGLOU, B. Comparison of the Behaviour of Rubber-like Materials under Constant Stress and Constant Strain Conditions. Nature 153, 165–166 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153165b0

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