if I could build this spring dashpot combination,

如果构建这个弹簧-减震器结合体
is I'd see an initial deformation

我会先观察到最初的变形
and then continuous deformation after that.

以及后续持续的变形
This is an example of one kind of viscoelastic behavior.

这是一种粘弹特性的例子
If I took my muscle, and I did measurements on it,

如果我从身上取下一块肌肉并测试它
and I found experimentally that it behaved like this,

在实验中我就能观察的这样的粘弹性特点
then I would say, 'Oh I can describe

然后我就可以说哦我可以通过
how the muscle behaves by this simple thought experiment,

想象这个简单的实验来描述肌肉特性
this simple mathematical construct of a spring

就是将弹簧的数学特征量
and a dashpot connected together.'

同减震器联系在一起
Does that make sense?

你们听懂了吗
Well that's not the only way that you could create a viscous--

该方法不是构建粘性材料模型的唯一方法