Mathematical description of indentation creep and its application for the determination of strain rate sensitivity

2014 ◽  
Vol 611 ◽  
pp. 333-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Q. Chinh ◽  
Péter Szommer
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Mathematical Description ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Indentation Creep

The strain-rate sensitivity of the hardness in indentation creep

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 926-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Elmustafa ◽  
S. Kose ◽  
D.S. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Flow Stress ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Hertzian Contact ◽  
Indentation Creep ◽  
Proportionality Factor ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Elastic Deformations ◽  
The Relationship

Finite element analysis is used to simulate indentation creep experiments with a cone-shaped indenter. The purpose of the work is to help identify the relationship between the strain-rate sensitivity of the hardness, νH, and that of the flow stress, νσ in materials for which elastic deformations are significant. In general, νH differs from νσ, but the ratio νH/νσ is found to be a unique function of H/E* where H is the hardness and E* is the modulus relevant to Hertzian contact. νH/νσ approaches 1 for small H/E*, 0 for large H/E*, and is insensitive to work hardening. The trend in νH/νσ as a function of H/E* can be explained based on a generalized analysis of Tabor’s relation in which hardness is proportional to the flow stress H = k × σeff and in which the proportionality factor k is a function of σeff/E*.

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