Parameter sensitivity formulation for viscoelastic structures
Abstract
The problem of sensitivity of viscoelastic response with respect to material parameters is studied in the paper. The direct differentiation method is employed. The FEM-related implementation issues are discussed. A number of numerical examples illustrates the theory.
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