Atomistic simulation of the influence of pre-existing stress on the interpretation of nanoindentation data

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3172-3180

  Schall, J David ^a   Brenner, Donald W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATION; NANOINDENTATION;

INDENTATION;

EID: 11244319566     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0410     Document Type: Article

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