title: A note on the reduced creep function corresponding to the quasi-linear visco-elastic model proposed by Fung.
abstract: For description of the visco-elastic behavior of soft biological tissues, Fung proposed a visco-elastic model formulated in terms of a relaxation function and corresponding relaxation spectrum. For the corresponding creep function, Fung proposed an expression which needs correction to obtain a consistent formulation. This creep function and the corresponding creep spectrum are derived in this note.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Technical Ceramics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Dortmans
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: van de Ven
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sauren
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D004548:Elasticity; D016014:Linear Models; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013997:Time Factors; D014783:Viscosity