Characterization of indentation size effects in epoxy

Polymer Testing

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-78

  Alisafaei, F ^a   Han, Chung Souk ^a   Lakhera, Nishant ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Length scale dependent deformation; Nanoindentation; Polymers

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; NANOINDENTATION; POLYMERS; SPHERES;

COMPARATIVE TESTING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; INDENTATION DEPTH; INDENTATION SIZE EFFECTS; INDENTATION TEST; LENGTH SCALE; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; ROTATION GRADIENT;

INDENTATION;

EID: 84907384201     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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