An Instrumented Microindentation Testing Device

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-59

  Öberg, Hans ^a   Larsson, Per Lennart ^a   Magnius, Olof ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RADIO SYSTEMS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experimental device; Indentation depth; Indentation load; Microindentation; Steady state hardness; Three dimensional finite element calculations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002064970     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12391j     Document Type: Article

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