FOREWORD PREFACE COMMON NOTATIONS 1CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS FOR VISCOELASTIC BODIES 1.1Introduction 1.2Stress Relaxation 1.3Creep 1.4Response Functions,Stress Relaxation Modulus,Creep Compliance 1.5Model Theory,Basic Elements 1.6Two-Element Models 1.7Other Rheological Model 1.8Boltzmann Superposition Principle and Integral Type Constitutive Equations 1.9Constitutive Equations for Linear Viscoelastic Bodies 1.10The Relationships between Differential Type and Integral Type Constitutive Equations 1.11Thermorheologically Simple Materials,Time-Temperature Shift Principle 1.12Nonliear Viscoelastic Bodies Problems 2LINEAR VISCOELASTIC PROBLEMS AND METHODS OF SOLUTION 3LINEAR VISCOELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS 4VOLTERRA INTEGRAL EQUATIONS 5VISCOELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS 6THEORY OF THERMOVISCOELASTICITY AND CRACK PROBLEMS 7NONLINEAR VISCONELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS REVERENCES APPENDIX A TIME FACTORS APPENDIX B CONCISE TABLE OF USUAL LAPLACE TRANSFORMS APPENDIX C AN OUTLINE OF RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS APPENDIX D AN OUTLINE OF RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE OF RATIONAL CONTINUUM MECHANICS AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX