Indentation size effects in polymers and related rotation gradients

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1662-1672

  Han, Chung Souk ^a   Nikolov, Svetoslav ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HARDNESS; INDENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; RUBBER;

ELASTO-PLASTIC EXTENSION; INDENTATION DEPTHS; INDENTATION SIZE; POLYMER CHAINS; SILICON RUBBER;

SILICON;

EID: 34347254180     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0197     Document Type: Article

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