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New sharp indentation method of measuring the elastic–plastic properties of compliant and soft materials using the substrate effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Manhong Zhao ,
Xi Chen ,
Nagahisa Ogasawara ,
Anghel Constantin Razvan ,
Norimasa Chiba ,
Dongyun Lee  and
Yong X. Gan
Manhong Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027-6699
Xi Chen*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027-6699
Nagahisa Ogasawara
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan
Anghel Constantin Razvan
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan
Norimasa Chiba
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan
Dongyun Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027-4703
Yong X. Gan
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Albert Nerken School of Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York 10003
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: xichen@civil.columbia.edu
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Abstract

We propose a new theory with the potential for measuring the elastoplastic properties of compliant and soft materials using one sharp indentation test. The method makes use of the substrate effect, which is usually intended to be avoided during indentation tests. For indentation on a compliant and soft specimen of finite thickness bonded to a stiff and hard testing platform (or a compliant/soft thin film deposited on a stiff/hard substrate), the presence of the substrate significantly enhances the loading curvature which, theoretically, enables the determination of the material power-law elastic-plastic properties by using just one conical indentation test. Extensive finite element simulations are carried out to correlate the indentation characteristics with material properties. Based on these relationships, an effective reverse analysis algorithm is established to extract the material elastoplastic properties. By utilizing the substrate effect, the new technique has the potential to identify plastic materials with indistinguishable indentation behaviors in bulk forms. The error sensitivity and uniqueness of the solution are carefully investigated. Validity and application range of the proposed theory are discussed. In the limit where the substrate is taken to be rigid, the fundamental research is one of the first steps toward understanding the substrate effect during indentation on thin films deposited on deformable substrates.

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Elastic propertiesFilmHardness
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 3134 - 3151
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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