Inverse scaling functions in nanoindentation with sharp indenters: Determination of material properties

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 987-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lugen Wang ◽  
M. Ganor ◽  
S.I. Rokhlin

This paper, based on extensive finite element simulations and scaling analysis, presents scaling functions for the inverse problem in nanoindentation with sharp indenters to determine material properties from nanoindentation response. All the inverse scaling functions were directly compared with results calculated using the large deformation finite element method and are valid from the elastic to the full plastic regimes. To relate the material properties to measurable indentation parameters a new nondimensional experimental parameter Λ=P/(DS) was introduced, where P is load, D is indentation depth, and S is contact stiffness. This parameter is monotonically related to the ratio of yield stress to modulus. The modulus, hardness and yield stress are presented as explicit functions of Λ and the strain hardening exponent. The error in the inverse modulus, hardness, and yield stress due to uncertainty of the strain hardening exponent was studied and is compared with that of the traditional Oliver–Pharr method. The method of determining the strain hardening exponent from measurement with an additional indenter with a different cone apex angle is described. For this, a scaling function with the strain hardening exponent as the only unknown was obtained. In this way, the modulus, hardness, yield stress and strain hardening exponent may be determined. Experimental results show the inversion method permits the modulus and hardness to be accurately determined irrespective of the effects of pileup or sink-in.

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 995-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lugen Wang ◽  
S.I. Rokhlin

This paper quantitatively describes the loading-unloading response in nanoindentation with sharp indenters using scaling analyses and finite element simulations. Explicit forward and inverse scaling functions for an indentation unloading have been obtained and related to those functions for the loading response [L. Wang et al., J. Material Res.20(4), 987–1001 (2005)]. The scaling functions have been obtained by fitting the large deformation finite element simulations and are valid from the elastic to the full plastic indentation regimes. Using the explicit forward functions for loading and unloading, full indentation responses for a wide range of materials can be obtained without use of finite element calculations. The corresponding inverse scaling functions allow one to obtain material properties from the indentation measurements. The relation between the work of indentation and the ratio between hardness and modulus has also been studied. Using these scaling functions, the issue of nonuniqueness of the determination of material modulus, yield stress, and strain-hardening exponent from nanoindentation measurements with a single sharp indenter has been further investigated. It is shown that a limited material parameter range in the elastoplastic regime can be defined where the material modulus, yield stress, and strain-hardening exponent may be determined from only one full indentation response. The error of such property determination from scattering in experimental measurements is determined.


2012 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. 312-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Feng Shi ◽  
Guo Quan Shi ◽  
Lin Sen Song ◽  
Zhi Wei Xu

For the research on elastic-plastic deformation characteristics of the echelle grating in the mechanical ruling depth range, a series of nanoindentation tests are completed about the deposited Al film of available echelle grating with a Berkovich indenter on a CSM nanoindentation instrument. Then a finite element analysis of the nanoindentation process is studied with an orthogonal experiment method for a series of given parameters containing the yield stress and strain-hardening exponent. The optimum combinations of yield stress and strain-hardening exponent are 200MPa and 0.1, which are got by the objective of the least absolute value of maximum loads deviation between the indentation test and the finite element analysis. Finally the elastic-plastic stress-strain curve of power function of the Al film is represented with the difference analysis from the orthogonal simulations.


1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1469-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nagarjuna ◽  
M. Srinivas ◽  
K. Balasubramanian ◽  
D.S. Sarma

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1021-1027
Author(s):  
K. Pieła

Anomaly of the Work Hardening of Zn-Cu Single Crystals Oriented for Slip in Secondary SystemsThe copper alloyed (up to 1.5%) zinc single crystals oriented for slip in non-basal systems (orientation close to < 1120 >) were subjected to compression test within a range of temperatures of 77-293K. It has been stated, that Zn-Cu crystals exhibit characteristic anomalies of the thermal dependence of yield stress and of the strain hardening exponent. Both of them are related to the change in type and sequence of active non-basal slip systems: pyramidal of the 1storder {1011} < 1123 > (Py-1) and pyramidal of the 2ndorder {1122} < 1123 > (Py-2). The temperature anomaly of the yield stress results from the change of the slip from Py-2 systems to simultaneous slip in the Py-2 and Py-1 (Py-2 + Py-1) systems, occurring in the preyielding stage. On the other hand, sequential activation of pyramidal systems taking place in advanced plastic stage (i.e. the first Py-2 and next Py-2 + Py-1 systems) is responsible for temperature anomaly of strain hardening exponent. Increase in copper addition favors the activity of Py-2 systems at the expense of Py-1 slip, what leads to a drastic differences in plastic behavior of zinc single crystals.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Hirano ◽  
Masao Sakane ◽  
Naomi Hamada

This paper describes the relationship between Rockwell C hardness and elastic-plastic material constants by using finite element analyses. Finite element Rockwell C hardness analyses were carried out to study the effects of friction coefficient and elastic-plastic material constants on the hardness. The friction coefficient and Young’s modulus had no influence on the hardness but the inelastic materials constants, yield stress, and strain hardening coefficient and exponent, had a significant influence on the hardness. A new equation for predicting the hardness was proposed as a function of yield stress and strain hardening coefficient and exponent. The equation evaluated the hardness within a ±5% difference for all the finite element and experimental results. The critical thickness of specimen and critical distance from specimen edge in the hardness testing was also discussed in connection with JIS and ISO standards.


2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishnu Verma ◽  
A. K. Ghosh ◽  
G. Behera ◽  
Kamal Sharma ◽  
R. K. Singh

The miniature disk bending test is used to evaluate the mechanical behavior of irradiated materials and their properties (e.g., yield stress and strain hardening exponent) to determine mainly ductility loss in steel due to irradiation from the load-deflection behavior of the disk specimen. In the miniature disk bending machine the specimen is firmly held between the two horizontal jaws of punch, and an indentor with a spherical ball travels vertically. Analytical solutions for large amplitude plastic deformation become rather unwieldy. Hence, a finite element analysis has been carried out. The finite element model considers contact between the indentor and test specimen, friction between various pairs of surfaces, and elastic plastic behavior. This paper presents the load versus deflection results of a parametric study where the values of various parameters defining the material properties have been varied by ±10% around the base values. Some well-known analytical solutions to this problem have also been considered. It is seen that the deflection obtained by analytical elastic bending theory is significantly lower than that obtained by the elastoplastic finite element solution at relatively small values of load. The finite element solution has been compared with one experimental result and values are in reasonably good agreement. With these results it will be possible to determine the material properties from the experimentally obtained values of load and deflection.


1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Radhamohan ◽  
G. D. Galletly

The plastic collapse pressures of internally pressurized thin torispherical shells are given in the present paper. The influence of both the geometric parameters (i.e., r/D, RS/D and D/t) and the material properties (yield stress σyp and the strain-hardening coefficient) on the plastic collapse pressures were investigated. Both steel and aluminium shells were analyzed and, based on the present parametric study, approximate design equations for calculating the plastic collapse pressures are suggested. The asymmetric buckling pressures, pcr, for torispherical shells (obtained from a companion paper) are also compared with the plastic collapse pressures, pc, to determine which are the lower and, thus, control the mode of failure. In addition, the approximate design equations for pcr and pc are compared with some experimental results on small machined models; the agreement between theory and test was quite good.


Author(s):  
Amrit Sagar ◽  
Christopher Nehme ◽  
Anil Saigal ◽  
Thomas P. James

Abstract In pursuit of research to create a synthetic tissue scaffold by a micropunching process, material properties of polycaprolactone (PCL) in liquid nitrogen were determined experimentally and used for finite element modeling of cryogenic micropunching process. Specimens were prepared using injection molding and tested under compression to determine the stress–strain relationship of PCL below its glass transition temperature. Cryogenic conditions were maintained by keeping the PCL specimens submerged in liquid nitrogen throughout the loading cycle. Specimens of two different aspect ratios were used for testing. Yield strength, strength coefficient, and strain hardening exponent were determined for different specimen aspect ratios and extrapolated for the case with zero diameter to length ratio. Material properties were also determined at room temperature and compared against results available in the literature. Results demonstrate that PCL behaves in a brittle manner at cryogenic temperatures with more than ten times increase in Young's modulus from its value at room temperature. The results were used to predict punching forces for the design of microscale hole punching dies and for validation of a microscale hole punching model that was created with a commercially available finite element software package, deform 3D. The three parameters, yield strength, strength coefficient, and strain hardening exponent, used in Ludwik's equation to model flow stress of PCL in deform 3D were determined to be 94.8 MPa, 210 MPa, and 0.54, respectively. The predicted peak punching force from finite element simulations matched with experimentally determined punching force results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 741-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Li ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Meng Ying Xia ◽  
Kai Wu ◽  
Jing Tian Wu ◽  
...  

Due to the harsh environment for submarine pipelines, corrosion damage of the pipeline steels is inevitable. After the corrosion damage, pipelines are prone to failure and may cause serious consequences. The analysis of the effects of different steel properties on the collapse pressure of pipelines with corrosion defects is of importance for the option of appropriate pipeline and avoiding accidents. Based on the finite element method, the finite element model of the pipeline with defects under external pressure was built. Firstly, the accuracy of the numerical model was validated by comparing with previous experimental results. The effects of yield strength and strain hardening exponent on collapse pressure of pipelines with different sizes of defect were discussed in detail. Results showed that the yield strength and strain hardening exponent have different influences on collapse pressure: the collapse pressure increases with the increasing yield strength, and the collapse pressure decreases with the increasing strain hardening exponent.


2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 332-335
Author(s):  
Chun Ping Guan ◽  
Hong Ping Jin

Through dimensional analysis of indentation parameters in this study, we propose an artificial neural network (ANN) model to extract the residual stress and strain-hardening exponent based on spherical indentation. The relationships between indentation parameters and the residual stress and material properties are numerically calibrated through training and validation of the ANN model. They enable the direct mapping of the characteristics of the indentation parameters to the residual stress and the elastic-plastic material properties. The proposed ANN model can be used to quickly and effectively determine the residual stress and strain-hardening exponent.


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