Abstract
Abstract
The paper considers the question of constructing the effective characteristics of a layered composite material when periodically repeating layers consist of an isotropic elastically creeping material. For the elastic composites, such characteristics are well known and can be obtained explicitly. In this paper, the effective characteristics of the layered elastic-creeping composite are obtained explicitly when the creep kernel are the power-law functions. The elements of the compliance matrix are presented as the sum of the terms corresponding to the instantaneous elastic compliance, unlimited and limited as the loading time increases due to the creep of the composite individual phases.