Elastic/plastic/cracking indentation behavior of hard materials

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Armstrong, Ronald W ^a   Ferranti Jr , Louis ^b   Thadhani, Naresh N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina; Alumina titanium diboride composite; Cracking; Hardness; Hertz elastic contact stress; Indentation size effect; Indentation stress strain curve; Magnesia; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRYSTALS; INDENTATION; MAGNESIA; SAPPHIRE; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

INDENTATION SIZE EFFECT; STRESS-STRAIN ANALYSIS;

HARDNESS;

EID: 27144494587     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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