The influence of indenter tip radius on the micro-indentation hardness

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-379

  Xue, Z ^a   Huang, Y ^a   Hwang, K C ^b   Li, M ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING;

INDENTATION DEPTH; MICRO-INDENTATION; OXIDATION LAYERS; TIP RADIUS;

INDENTATION;

EID: 0042998789     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1480409     Document Type: Article

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