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Title: The correlation of indentation size effect experiments with pyramidal and spherical indenters.

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Experiments were conducted in annealed iridium using pyramidal and spherical indenters over a wide range of load. For a Berkovich pyramidal indenter, the hardness increased with decreasing depth of penetration. However, for spherical indenters, hardness increased with decreasing sphere radius. Based on the number of geometrically necessary dislocations generated during indentation, a theory that takes into account the work hardening differences between pyramidal and spherical indenters is developed to correlate the indentation size effects measured with the two indenters. The experimental results verify the theoretical correlation.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
975885
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-01-6528; TRN: US201018%%971
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 695; Conference: Submitted to: 2001 MRS Fall Meeting/Materials Research Society, November 26-30, 2001, Boston, MA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English