Effect of unloading strain rate on the elastic modulus of a viscoelastic solid determined by nanoindentation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 708-714

  Fujisawa, Naoki ^a   Swain, Michael V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; ELASTIC MODULI; INDENTATION; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

AMORPHOUS POLYMER; NANOINDENTATION; UNLOADING STRAIN RATE; VISCOELASTIC SOLID;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33645099296     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0087     Document Type: Article

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