Self-similarity simplification approaches for the modeling and analysis of Rockwell hardness indentation

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 401-412

  Ma, Li ^a   Zhou, Jack ^b   Lau, Alan ^b   Low, Samuel ^a   DeWit, Roland ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Cumulative superposition; Diamond indenter; FEA; Finite element analysis; Indentation; Rockwell hardness; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; STRAIN;

ROCKWELL HARDNESS (RH) TESTS;

HARDNESS TESTING;

EID: 0036764470     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.107.033     Document Type: Article

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