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On the Measurement of Stress-Strain Curves by Spherical Indentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

E. G. Herbert ,
G. M. Pharr ,
W. C. Oliver ,
B. N. Lucas  and
J. L. Hay
E. G. Herbert
Affiliation:
MTS Nano Instruments Innovation Center, Oak Ridge, TN and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, erik.herbert@mts.com
G. M. Pharr
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee and ORNL, Knoxville, TN, pharr@utk.edu
W. C. Oliver
Affiliation:
MTS Nano Instruments Innovation Center, Oak Ridge, TN, warren.oliver@mts.com
B. N. Lucas
Affiliation:
Fast Forward Devices, Knoxville, TN, blucas@ffdevices.com
J. L. Hay
Affiliation:
MTS Nano Instruments Innovation Center, Oak Ridge, TN, warren.oliver@mts.com
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Abstract

It has been proposed that with the appropriate models, instrumented indentation test (IIT) data can be reduced to yield the uniaxial stress-strain behavior of the test material. However, very little work has been done to directly compare the results from uniaxial tension and spherical indentation experiments. In this work, indentation and uniaxial tension experiments have been performed on the aluminum alloy 6061-T6. The purpose of these experiments was to specifically explore the accuracy with which the analytical models can be applied to IIT data to predict the uniaxial stress-strain behavior of the aluminum alloy.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 649: Symposium Q – Fundamentals of Nanoindentation & Nanotribology II , 2000 , Q3.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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