A numerical analysis of flexure induced cylindrical cracks during indentation of thin hard films on soft substrates

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3277-3282

  Vanimisetti, Sampath K ^a   Narasimhan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Indentation fracture; Substrate plasticity; Thin hard films

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; INDENTATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRAIN HARDENING; THIN FILMS;

FILM SUBSTRATE INTERFACES; INDENTATION FRACTURES; SUBSTRATE PLASTICITY; THIN HARD FILMS;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 33846325786     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2006.01.040     Document Type: Article

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