Semilab publishes article on Extended Applications of the Depth-Sensing Indentation Method

11.23.2020

The depth-sensing indentation method has been applied for almost 30 years. In this review, a survey of several extended applications developed during the last three decades is provided. In depth-sensing indentation measurements, the load and penetration depth data are detected as a function of time, in most cases at controlled loading rates. Therefore, beside the determination of hardness and Young’s modulus, different deformation mechanisms and many other dynamic characteristics and phenomena, such as the dynamic elastic modulus, load-induced phase transition, strain rate sensitivity, etc. can be studied. These extended applications of depth-sensing indentation measurements are briefly described and reviewed.

The full open access article is available online in the Special Issue Small Scale Deformation using Advanced Nanoindentation Techniques, Volume II: 

Nguyen Q. Chinh et al: Extended Applications of the Depth-Sensing Indentation Method