Download or read book Mathematical Problems in Linear Viscoelasticity written by Mauro Fabrizio and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes general mathematical modeling of viscoelastic materials as systems with fading memory. Discusses the interrelation between topics such as existence, uniqueness, and stability of initial boundary value problems, variational and extremum principles, and wave propagation. Demonstrates the deep connection between the properties of the solution to initial boundary value problems and the requirements of the general physical principles. Discusses special techniques and new methods, including Fourier and Laplace transforms, extremum principles via weight functions, and singular surfaces and discontinuity waves.