Rheology: Open Access
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If a materials exhibit both elastic and viscous characteristics when undergoing deformation is termed as viscoelastic property.Viscous materials,such as honey resist shear flow and strain linearly with time when a stress is applied, on the other hand Elastic materials quickly return to their original state once the stress is removed. Viscoelastic materials have features of both of these properties, thus exhibit time-dependent strain

Viscoelasticity