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Rapid loading allows observation of fast stress-relaxation dynamics. Example of load-displacement data for 1800 seconds of relaxation (all numbers negative by sign convention). The load application region of the curve is nearly linear because loading is completed (in approximately 0.2 seconds for this case) before the viscoelastic relaxation processes can substantially progress.
