Determination of Mechanical Properties of Sand Grains by Nanoindentation

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 719-728

  Daphalapurkar, N P ^a   Wang, F ^b   Fu, B ^c   Lu, H ^b   Komanduri, R ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^c Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Hardness; Mechanical properties; Nanoindentation; Particulate mechanics; Sand; Stress strain; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BERKOVICH TIP; BRITTLE MATERIALS; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; GRANULAR LEVELS; INDENTERS; MACRO SCALE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MESOSCALE SIMULATION; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; PARTICULATE MECHANICS; RADIAL CRACKS; SAND GRAINS; SAND PARTICLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NANOINDENTATION; SAND; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE; SAND;

EID: 79955845213     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-010-9373-z     Document Type: Article

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