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A dual triangular pyramidal indentation technique for material property evaluation

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In this study, a method using dual triangular pyramidal indenters is suggested for material property evaluation. First, we demonstrate that the load–depth curves and the projected contact areas from conical and triangular pyramidal indentations are generally different. Nonequal projected contact areas of two indenters and nonplanar contact line of Berkovich indenter are the main sources of different indentation characteristics of two indenters. For this reason, an independent approach to the triangular pyramidal indentation is needed. With finite element (FE) indentation analyses for various materials, we investigate the relationships between material properties, indentation parameters, and load–depth curves. Based on the FE solutions, we suggest mapping functions for evaluating material properties from indentations by two triangular pyramidal WC indenters, which differ in their centerline-to-face angles. Elastic modulus, yield strength, and strain hardening exponent are obtained with an average error of <3%.

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (No. NRF-2012 R1A2A2A 01046480).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, 121-742, Republic of Korea

    Minsoo Kim, Felix Rickhey & Hyungyil Lee

  2. Research Reactor Mechanical Structure Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, 305-353, Republic of Korea

    Jin Haeng Lee

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Kim, M., Lee, J.H., Rickhey, F. et al. A dual triangular pyramidal indentation technique for material property evaluation. Journal of Materials Research 30, 1098–1109 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.67

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