This thesis presents a method to correct for non-positive-definiteness in linear viscoelastic material functions. Viscoelastic material functions for anisotropic materials need to be interconverted in a matrix coefficient prony series form, with a requirement of positive definiteness. Fitting is usually done as a uniaxial prony series, resulting in scalar coefficients. When these uniaxial coefficients are placed in a coefficient matrix, the required positive definiteness cannot be guaranteed. For those matrices that do not meet this requirement, finding the nearest symmetric semi-positive definite form of the matrix results in a viable prony series matrix coefficient with the required positive definiteness. These corrected prony series coefficients allow for material functions to be interconverted with minimal changes to experimental data.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:honorstheses-1830 |
Date | 01 January 2020 |
Creators | Rehberg, Christopher D |
Publisher | STARS |
Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Honors Undergraduate Theses |
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