Does microstructure matter for statistical nanoindentation techniques?

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Vandamme, Matthieu ^b   Jennings, Hamlin M ^c   Vanzo, James ^a   Bentivegna, Michelle ^a   Krakowiak, Konrad J ^d   Constantinides, Georgios ^e   Bobko, Christopher P ^f   Van Vliet, Krystyn J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^e CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Nanoindentation; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

INDENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOINDENTATION;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; GRID INDENTATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE IDENTIFICATION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 70449687875     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.08.007     Document Type: Note

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