Wood storage modulus and energy loss modulus

What is the difference between storage modulus and loss modulus?

Storage modulus G' represents the stored deformation energy, while loss modulus G'' characterizes the deformation energy lost through internal friction when flowing. In viscoelastic solids with G' > G'', the storage modulus is higher than the loss modulus.

What is a storage modulus?

The storage modulus is a measure of how much energy must be put into the sample in order to distort it. The difference between the loading and unloading curves is called the loss modulus, E ". It measures energy lost during that cycling strain. Why would energy be lost in this experiment? In a polymer, it has to do chiefly with chain flow.

What does loss modulus represent?

Loss modulus G'' characterizes the deformation energy lost (dissipated) through internal friction when flowing. Storage modulus G' represents the stored deformation energy.

What is storage modulus in tensile testing?

Some energy was therefore lost. The slope of the loading curve, analogous to Young's modulus in a tensile testing experiment, is called the storage modulus, E '. The storage modulus is a measure of how much energy must be put into the sample in order to distort it.

What is the difference between loss modulus and complex modulus?

The loss modulus represents the viscous part or the amount of energy dissipated in the sample. The ‘sum’ of loss and storage modulus is the so-called complex modulus G*. The complex viscosity h* is a most usual parameter and can be calculated directly from the complex modulus.

What is the loss modulus G''?

The loss modulus G'' (G double prime, in Pa) characterizes the viscous portion of the viscoelastic behavior, which can be seen as the liquid-state behavior of the sample. Viscous behavior arises from the internal friction between the components in a flowing fluid, thus between molecules and particles.