Equivalences and contrasts of thermo-elasticity and thermo-viscoelasticity: A comprehensive critique

Similarities and differences between thermo-elasticity and thermo-viscoelas- ticity are critically examined and evaluated. Topics include, among others, constitutive relations, Poisson's ratio, energy dissipation, temperature effects on material properties, thermal expansions, loading histories, failure criteria, lifetimes, 1-D beams, torsion, columns, plates, motions in time of neutral axes and shear centers, computational issues, wave propagation, torsional divergence, control reversal, aerodynamic derivatives, flutter and experimental determinations of viscoelastic properties. The full, partial or no possible applications of the elastic/viscoelastic correspondence principle, including approximate approaches, are analyzed and discussed.