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Acta Mech 204, 21–36 (2009) DOI 10.1007/s00707-008-0033-7 L. Filograna · M. Racioppi · G. Saccomandi · I. Sgura A simple model of nonlinear viscoelasticity taking into account stress relaxation Received: 11 June 2007 / Revised: 15 February 2008 / Published online: 16 July 2008 © Springer-Verlag 2008 Abstract We present one of the simplest theory of nonlinear viscoelasticity taking into account stress relaxation. The model is a 3D nonlinear generalization of the standard three-parameter model of 1D clas- sical viscoelasticity. In the framework of this theory, we examine some simple deformations. First of all, we consider a homogeneous deformation as a possible idealization of the usual triaxial test. By this analysis, we show that the model under investigation may be interesting to describe the mechanical behavior of materials like bitumen and hot mix asphalt. Moreover, we investigate the evolution of shearing motions (mainly in the quasi-static approximation) to point out several aspects of the rich mechanical response of constitutive theories in implicit form. 1 Introduction The increasing use of polymeric solid materials calls for complex mathematical models going beyond infin- itesimal strains and that, besides instantaneous elastic response to stress, take into account phenomena like delayed elastic response and stress relaxation. The same happens when we study, via continuum mechanics, many geo-materials like bitumen, hot mix asphalts and rocks. Usually general models for 3D nonlinear viscoelasticity proposed in the literature are quite complex (see for example [ 1]) and for this reason any mathematical analysis is discouraged. Recently, a very simple model of nonlinear viscoelasticity which is a feasible 3D analogue of the classical Kelvin–Voigt solid have been considered by several authors. For example, some general mathematical features of this nonlinear Kelvin– Voigt model have been investigated by Quintanilla a