Abstract
The behavior of linear visco-clastic materials may be approximated by differential equation of motion whose solution makes it possible to establish a relation between visco-elastic parameters obtained from stress relaxation studies and those obtained from oscillatory studies. Living tissues behave like linear visco-elastic materials under some conditions so that parameters may be determined from the two kinds of studies and compared with each other to establish the standard linear solid as a model. This study succeeds in showing the model to be suitable under a limited range of conditions for a variety of viable tissues tested in vitro.
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