Tensile testing of thin films supported on compliant substrates

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 839-848

  Chen, Xu ^a   Kirsch, Bradley L ^a   Senter, Robert ^a   Tolbert, Sarah H ^a   Gupta, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL FILMS; CARRIER SUBSTRATES; COMPLIANT SUBSTRATES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC STRESS FIELDS; EXTERNAL LOADS; HEXAGONAL HONEYCOMBS; KAPTON SUBSTRATES; LOADING CONFIGURATIONS; MIXTURE THEORIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RULE OF MIXTURES; SAMPLE GEOMETRIES; SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESS; STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS-STRAIN CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; POLYIMIDES; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING; THIN FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 67349101712     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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