To follow the historical development of the rheology nomenclature, see these earlier articles:

Dealy, J. M., “Official nomenclature for material functions describing the response of a viscoelastic fluid to various shearing and extensional deformations,” J. Rheol., 39:1, 253-265 (1995). (71 kB)

Sieglaff, C. L., “Proposed nomenclature for steady shear flow and linear viscoelastic behavior,” Transactions of The Society of Rheology, 20:2, 311-317 (1976). (222 kB)

Leaderman, H., “Proposed nomenclature for linear viscoelastic behavior,” Transactions of The Society of Rheology, 1, 213-222 (1957). (525 kB)

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