Crack formation mechanisms during micro and macro indentation of diamond-like carbon coatings on elastic-plastic substrates

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 180-184

  Thomsen, N B ^a,b   Fischer Cripps, A C ^c   Swain, M V ^d  

^a DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coating failure; Diamond like carbon (DLC); FE modelling; Fracture mechanics; Indentations; Substrate plasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBSTRATES;

ROCKWELL INDENTATION;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 0032476313     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(98)01101-8     Document Type: Article

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