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IN the discussion following a recent series of lectures given in the University of Nottingham on the dynamic properties of rubber, it became evident that the methods of specifying and measuring the amount of hysteresis in rubber are subjects of controversy. Two terms in current use for specifying hysteresis are ‘percentage damping’ and ‘resilience’, as defined in the accompanying diagram.
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DAVIES, D. Hysteresis in Rubber. Nature 170, 937 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170937a0
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