(1) Laboratoire de Mécanique Appliquée Faculté des Sciences, Université de Franche-Comté, F-25030 Besançon, France;(2) Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie, Université de Paris VI-ENSET, F-94230 Cachan, France
Abstract:
In this paper we define a class of two-phase laminate composites for which the constituent elements are either linearly elastic or exhibit viscoelastic effects. We determine the viscoelastic behaviour of the equivalent homogeneous transversely isotropic medium by a single time-independent memory function.