The standard linear solid (SLS), also known as the Zener model after Clarence Zener, is a method of modeling the behavior of a viscoelastic material using a linear combination of springs and dashpots to represent elastic … See more

The standard linear solid model combines aspects of the Maxwell and Kelvin–Voigt models to accurately describe the overall behavior of a system … See more

• Burgers material
• Generalized Maxwell model
• Kelvin–Voigt material
• Maxwell material
• Viscoelasticity See more

In order to model this system, the following physical relations must be realized:
For parallel components: $${\displaystyle \sigma _{tot}=\sigma _{1}+\sigma _{2}}$$, and $${\displaystyle \varepsilon _{tot}=\varepsilon _{1}=\varepsilon _{2}}$$. See more