Rate-change instrumented indentation for measuring strain rate sensitivity

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1466-1470

  Pan, D ^a   Chen, M W ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-STRENGTH MATERIALS; INSTRUMENTED INDENTATIONS; LOW RATES; MICRO-MECHANISMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE METALS; RATE-DEPENDENT DEFORMATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SELF CONSISTENCIES; STRAIN-RATE SENSITIVITIES;

LIQUID METALS; METALLIC GLASS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 65349086793     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0168     Document Type: Article

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