Review: Indentation size effect, indentation cracks and microhardness measurement of brittle crystalline solids - some basic concepts and trends

Crystal Research and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1019-1037

  Sangwal, K ^a  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brittleness index; Fracture toughness; Indentation cracks; Indentation size effect; Microhardness; Microhardness measurements

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; BRITTLE COMPOUNDS; BRITTLE INDEX; BRITTLENESS INDEX; CRACK LENGTH; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; EXPERIMENT DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INDENTATION CRACK; INDENTATION CRACKS; INDENTATION DEFORMATION; INDENTATION LOAD; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECT; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECTS; INDENTATION TEST; INDENTATION-INDUCED CRACKING; MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENT; MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENTS; RESISTANCE MODELS; STRAIN GRADIENT PLASTICITY THEORY;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROHARDNESS; PLASTICITY; SIZE DETERMINATION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 70350304847     PISSN: 02321300     EISSN: 15214079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/crat.200900385     Document Type: Review

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