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The technique has been used to study the constitutive relationship of
bulk material,
1-8
mechanical behavior of thin films and coatings
9-17
including heterogeneous microstructure,
18-20
interface adhesion,
21,22
residual stresses,
23
phase transformation,
24,25
dislocation behavior in
metals,
26-28
fracture behavior in ceramics,
3,29-31
strength of bone,
32
time-
dependent behavior in soft metals
33-35
and polymers,
36-40
and small
material structures including the colloidosome particles
41
and carbon
nanotubes.
42,43
h
p
h
(a)
(b)
h
f
h
m
Indentation depth, h
Figure 6-1.
(a) A schematic of the sharp indentation test with a conical indenter whose
half-apex angle is
α
. (b) A typical indentatio load-displacement (
P-h
) curve measured by
sharp indentation.
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