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The Analysis of Depth-Sensing Indentation Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Shefford P. Baker
Shefford P. Baker*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Seestraße 92, 7000 Stuttgart 1, Germany
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Abstract

Common methods for analyzing depth-sensing indentation data are briefly reviewed and an overview of the principal factors limiting the accuracy and precision of results obtained using these methods is presented. The largest deviations from the elastic contact models used to interpret depth-sensing indentation data arise from time-dependent displacements and uncertainties in the shape of the indenter tip, the elastic/plastic nature of the contact and the compliance of the testing machine.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 308: Symposium M1 – Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties IV , 1993 , 209
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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