Nanoscale elastic-plastic deformation and stress distributions of the C plane of sapphire single crystal during nanoindentation

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1865-1871

  Mao, W G ^a,b   Shen, Y G ^a   Lu, C ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical resolved shear stress; Mechanical properties; Multiple pop in events; Nanoindentation; Single crystal sapphire

Indexed keywords

BERKOVICH INDENTERS; CRITICAL RESOLVED SHEAR STRESS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC; ELASTIC-PLASTIC DEFORMATION; HERTZIAN-CONTACT THEORY; INDENTATION DEPTH; INDENTATION MODULUS; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECTS; LOADING RATE; MULTIPLE POP-IN EVENTS; NANO SCALE; SAPPHIRE SINGLE CRYSTAL; SLIP PLANE; SLIP SYSTEM;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SAPPHIRE; SHEAR STRESS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

NANOINDENTATION;

EID: 79956045686     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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