The indentation size effect: A critical examination of experimental observations and mechanistic interpretations

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 271-292

  Pharr, George M ^a,b   Herbert, Erik G ^a   Gao, Yanfei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dislocations; hardness; metals; modeling; nanoindentation; strength

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE METALS; DISLOCATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECTS; LENGTH SCALE; MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATIONS; MODELING; SELF-SIMILAR INDENTERS; SIZE EFFECTS; SPHERICAL INDENTERS; STRENGTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITONS; NANOINDENTATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPHERES;

HARDNESS;

EID: 77957013495     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104456     Document Type: Article

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