A technique for the determination of post-yield material properties from the small punch test

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-370

  Zidan, A A ^a   Brookfield, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element curves; Post yield material properties; Small punch test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION; YIELD STRESS;

POST-YIELD MATERIAL PROPERTIES; SMALL PUNCH TEST;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0042009490     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/03093240360692940     Document Type: Article

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