You are testing a polymer to determine if it can be used to replace the achilles tendon, which is notoriously difficult to repair once it has been torn. The polymer is difficult to fabricate in the lab, so you would like to develop a Voigt model for thhe polymer that you can use to perform tests. You have springs of elasticity 10 N/cm, 15 N/cm, and 30 N/cm, as well as dashpots with viscosities of 4 Ns/cm, and 15 Ns/cm with which to build your model. You have collected the following data from your polymer: Constant 18 N of force produces a maximum displacement of 3 cm at long times. A steady state deformation rate of 5 cm/s produces a force at t=1s of 50 N. Draw the model that represents the polymer, and specify the elasticity or viscosity values for each component.




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You are testing a polymer to determine if it can be used to replace the achilles tendon, which is notoriously difficult to repair once it has been torn. The polymer is difficult to fabricate in the lab, so you would like to develop a Voigt model for thhe polymer that you can use to perform tests. You have springs of elasticity 10 N/cm, 15 N/cm, and 30 N/cm, as well as dashpots with viscosities of 4 Ns/cm, and 15 Ns/cm with which to build your model. You have collected the following data from your polymer: Constant 18 N of force produces a maximum displacement of 3 cm at long times. A steady state deformation rate of 5 cm/s produces a force at t=1s of 50 N. Draw the model that represents the polymer, and specify the elasticity or viscosity values for each component.


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