On the passage from nonlinear to linearized viscoelastodynamics

The equations of linearized viscoelastodynamics in Kelvin-Voigt rheology are rigorously derived from a nonlinear model that satisfies the time-dependent frame indifference in the sense of Antman. Besides showing the convergence of corresponding solutions of both systems, we also prove the convergence of time-discrete solutions on various scales and of continuous solutions of nonlinear problems to linearized ones.