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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cell Biol. 2016 Feb 23;26(6):420–433. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.02.002

Figure I. Basic Rheological Models.

Figure I

For the Voigt solid, the system does not undergo any deformation at long time scales. It is represented by a purely viscous damper and a purely elastic component connected in parallel. For the Maxwell liquid, the system flows as a liquid over long periods of time. It is represented by a purely viscous damper and a purely elastic component connected in series.