Can Young's modulus and hardness of wire structural materials be directly measured using nanoindentation?

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1054-1058

  Shu, S Q ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Fu, T ^a   Wen, C S ^a   Lu, Jian ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENTS; INDENTERS; NANO INDENTATIONS; NANOINDENTATION EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PHARR METHODS; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; NANOINDENTATION; WIRE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 63149132614     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0079     Document Type: Article

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