Improvement in depth-sensing indentation to calculate the universal hardness on the entire loading curve

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 171-182

  Chicot, D ^a   Mercier, D ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Contact stiffness; Creep; Depth sensing indentation; Indentation size effect; Universal hardness

Indexed keywords

CREEP; HARDNESS; PLASTICITY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

CONTACT STIFFNESS; DEPTH-SENSING INDENTATION; FRAME COMPLIANCE; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECT; UNIVERSAL HARDNESS;

INDENTATION;

EID: 37449007174     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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