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Title: Indentation Methods in Advanced Materials Research Introduction

Abstract

Since its commercialization early in the 20th century, indentation testing has played a key role in the development of new materials and understanding their mechanical behavior. Progr3ess in the field has relied on a close marriage between research in the mechanical behavior of materials and contact mechanics. The seminal work of Hertz laid the foundations for bringing these two together, with his contributions still widely utilized today in examining elastic behavior and the physics of fracture. Later, the pioneering work of Tabor, as published in his classic text 'The Hardness of Metals', exapdned this understanding to address the complexities of plasticity. Enormous progress in the field has been achieved in the last decade, made possible both by advances in instrumentation, for example, load and depth-sensing indentation and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) based in situ testing, as well as improved modeling capabilities that use computationally intensive techniques such as finite element analysis and molecular dynamics simulation. The purpose of this special focus issue is to present recent state of the art developments in the field.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7]
  1. ORNL
  2. University of Kentucky
  3. University of Cambridge
  4. Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
  5. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
  6. International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India
  7. University of Sydney, Australia
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1049205
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0884-2914
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COMMERCIALIZATION; HARDNESS; PHYSICS; PLASTICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Citation Formats

Pharr, George Mathews, Cheng, Yang-Tse, Hutchings, Ian, Sakai, Mototsugu, Moody, Neville, Sundararajan, G., and Swain, Michael V. Indentation Methods in Advanced Materials Research Introduction. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1557/jmr.2009.0146.
Pharr, George Mathews, Cheng, Yang-Tse, Hutchings, Ian, Sakai, Mototsugu, Moody, Neville, Sundararajan, G., & Swain, Michael V. Indentation Methods in Advanced Materials Research Introduction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2009.0146
Pharr, George Mathews, Cheng, Yang-Tse, Hutchings, Ian, Sakai, Mototsugu, Moody, Neville, Sundararajan, G., and Swain, Michael V. 2009. "Indentation Methods in Advanced Materials Research Introduction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2009.0146.
@article{osti_1049205,
title = {Indentation Methods in Advanced Materials Research Introduction},
author = {Pharr, George Mathews and Cheng, Yang-Tse and Hutchings, Ian and Sakai, Mototsugu and Moody, Neville and Sundararajan, G. and Swain, Michael V.},
abstractNote = {Since its commercialization early in the 20th century, indentation testing has played a key role in the development of new materials and understanding their mechanical behavior. Progr3ess in the field has relied on a close marriage between research in the mechanical behavior of materials and contact mechanics. The seminal work of Hertz laid the foundations for bringing these two together, with his contributions still widely utilized today in examining elastic behavior and the physics of fracture. Later, the pioneering work of Tabor, as published in his classic text 'The Hardness of Metals', exapdned this understanding to address the complexities of plasticity. Enormous progress in the field has been achieved in the last decade, made possible both by advances in instrumentation, for example, load and depth-sensing indentation and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) based in situ testing, as well as improved modeling capabilities that use computationally intensive techniques such as finite element analysis and molecular dynamics simulation. The purpose of this special focus issue is to present recent state of the art developments in the field.},
doi = {10.1557/jmr.2009.0146},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1049205}, journal = {Journal of Materials Research},
issn = {0884-2914},
number = 3,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}