Evaluation of the effectiveness of representative methods for determining Young's modulus and hardness from instrumented indentation data

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-233

  Ma, Dejun ^a   Zhang, Taihua ^b   Ong, Chung Wu ^c  

^a NATIONAL KEY LABORATORY FOR REMANUFACTURING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDNESS; YIELD STRESS;

HARDENING COEFFICIENT; INSTRUMENTED INDENTATION;

INDENTATION;

EID: 33644546008     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0019     Document Type: Article

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