“…In this work, the authors offer an improved model, originally developed by A.Z. Ter-Martirosyan [1], to describe shear deformations, and another improved model, developed by Kelvin and Voigt [2], to describe volumetric deformations, assuming that ε• z (t) = ε• v (t) + ε• γ (t) according to the Hencky's system of physical equations [3]. Earlier, many researchers, including S. S. Vyalov [2], A. R. Rzhanicyn [35], had assumed that the creep curve γ-t had a double curvature, including initial (decaying), intermediate (steady), and final (evolving) stages, with a possible transition to collapse.…”