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Relaxation and Retardation Time Spectra

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Objective: Calculation of the relaxation time spectrum H(lambda) from dynamic mechanical data G', G"(w).

The data file from the dynamic mechanical experiment may look something like this:
Freq,G',G"
rad/s,Pa,Pa
4.571,65.1,4815
8.127,229.9,8640
10,332.8,10880
14.45,622.2,15580
19.05,1083,20280
25.7,1914,27890
48.98,6428,51420
60.25,10040,64040
81.27,17890,85190
144.5,49990,137800
190.5,77120,166400
316.2,152900,217700
602.5,272800,235000
1071,371000,227100
1479,429500,227800
1905,455900,214100
3388,533700,204800
6025,619900,193200
11220,691400,177300
14790,724800,174800
25110,759500,166900
35480,805200,160300
79430,872500,163000
141300,921400,177900
199500,952100,186800
354800,1004000,239300
630900,1088000,312400
2511000,1322000,756400
7063000,1813000,1537000


We enter the FREQ,G',G" data as received into IRIS and calculate the parsimonious spectra. The result looks like this:

RELAXATION TIME SPECTRUM

Fit-Results
Iterations    :       1730 [-]
Comput. Time  :        126 [s]
Average Deviat:  7.816D-03 [-]
Spectrum    SD:  1.487D-03 [-] (Variance)
G inf         :  0.000D+00 [Pa]
Time min      :  1.416E-07 [s]
Time max      :  2.188E-01 [s]
Method of spectra determination by M.Baumgaertel and H.H. Winter 
=====================================================
 No.     g        lambda 
  -     [Pa]        [s]
   1  6.077D+06  3.102D-08
   2  4.533D+05  2.024D-07
   3  2.392D+05  1.105D-06
   4  1.293D+05  7.497D-06
   5  1.779D+05  4.284D-05
   6  2.538D+05  2.803D-04
   7  3.631D+05  1.999D-03
   8  5.797D+04  5.137D-03

RETARDATION TIME SPECTRUM

The retardation spectrum gets determined from the above relaxation 
time spectrum by Gross' method using the Laplace transformation, 
see Baumgaertel et al. 1989:

Eta0          :  1.104E+03 Pa s
Jg            :  1.290E-07 1/Pa
Time min      :  1.416E-07 s   
Time max      :  2.188E-01 s   
================================================================================
 No.     j        LAMBDA 
  -    1/[Pa]       [s]
  1  2.224D-07  1.136D-07
  2  3.771D-07  3.323D-07
  3  2.611D-07  1.431D-06
  4  1.554D-07  8.651D-06
  5  2.703D-07  5.351D-05
  6  6.099D-07  4.226D-04
  7  4.374D-07  4.263D-03

ORIGINAL DATA, WRITTEN IN UNIVERSAL DATA STANDARD

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 No.    FREQ        G'         G"
       [rad/s]     [Pa]       [Pa]
   1  4.571E+00  6.510E+01  4.815E+03
   2  8.127E+00  2.299E+02  8.640E+03
   3  1.000E+01  3.328E+02  1.088E+04
   4  1.445E+01  6.222E+02  1.558E+04
   5  1.905E+01  1.083E+03  2.028E+04
   6  2.570E+01  1.914E+03  2.789E+04
   7  4.898E+01  6.428E+03  5.142E+04
   8  6.025E+01  1.004E+04  6.404E+04
   9  8.127E+01  1.789E+04  8.519E+04
  10  1.445E+02  4.999E+04  1.378E+05
  11  1.905E+02  7.712E+04  1.664E+05
  12  3.162E+02  1.529E+05  2.177E+05
  13  6.025E+02  2.728E+05  2.350E+05
  14  1.071E+03  3.710E+05  2.271E+05
  15  1.479E+03  4.295E+05  2.278E+05
  16  1.905E+03  4.559E+05  2.141E+05
  17  3.388E+03  5.337E+05  2.048E+05
  18  6.025E+03  6.199E+05  1.932E+05
  19  1.122E+04  6.914E+05  1.773E+05
  20  1.479E+04  7.248E+05  1.748E+05
  21  2.511E+04  7.595E+05  1.669E+05
  22  3.548E+04  8.052E+05  1.603E+05
  23  7.943E+04  8.725E+05  1.630E+05
  24  1.413E+05  9.214E+05  1.779E+05
  25  1.995E+05  9.521E+05  1.868E+05
  26  3.548E+05  1.004E+06  2.393E+05
  27  6.309E+05  1.088E+06  3.124E+05
  28  2.511E+06  1.322E+06  7.564E+05
  29  7.063E+06  1.813E+06  1.537E+06

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