An improved long-term nanoindentation creep testing approach for studying the local deformation processes in nanocrystalline metals at room and elevated temperatures

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1177-1188

  Maier, Verena ^a   Merle, Benoit ^a   Göken, Mathias ^a   Durst, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; MACROSCOPIC DEFORMATIONS; NANO-CRYSTALLINE NICKEL; NANOCRYSTALLINE METAL; NANOINDENTATION CREEPS; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY;

CREEP TESTING; INDENTATION; NANOINDENTATION; NICKEL; STRAIN RATE;

CREEP;

EID: 84877689379     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.39     Document Type: Article

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