dash-pot


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Noun1.dash-pot - a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid
damper, muffler - a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
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Description of the temperature-dependent flow behavior of the spring-dash-pot elements: Each dash-pot gets a "flow line," which describes the flow stress as a function of the temperature.
In the model, the temperature-dependent flow behavior of the dash-pots is described by a flow rate [Mathematical Expression Omitted].
Advances in calculating thermally induced stresses in nonlinear viscoelastic materials

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