Indentation of freestanding circular elastomer films using spherical indenters

Acta Materialia

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 4877-4885

  Scott, O N ^a   Begley, M R ^a,b   Komaragiri, U ^a   Mackin, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastomer; Films; Indentation; Membrane; Plates

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DILATOMETERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOMERS; MEMBRANES; POISSON RATIO; SILICON WAFERS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; THIN FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

LOAD-DEFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; PLATES; TANGENT MODULUS; UNI-AXIAL TESTS;

INDENTATION;

EID: 4143064415     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2004.06.043     Document Type: Article

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