Superficial plastic response determination of hard isotropic materials using ball indentations and a FEM optimization technique

Materials Characterization

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Bouzakis, K D ^a   Vidakis, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TREATMENT; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUPERPLASTICITY;

BALL INDENTATIONS; HARD ISOTROPIC MATERIALS;

BRITTLENESS;

EID: 0032648189     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5803(98)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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