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Strain rate sensitivity in nanoindentation creep of hard materials

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This paper examines the strain rate sensitivity of the hardness νH in relation to the strain rate sensitivity of the flow stress (νσ) in hard solids when there is friction between the indenter and specimen. Finite element analysis is used to simulate indentation creep of von Mises solids with a range of hardness/modulus ratios (H/E*) and coefficients of friction, μ, for indenter–specimen contact. We find that, although the level of H is affected by friction, the ratio νH/νσ as a function of H/E* remains nearly unchanged. Measurements indicate that νH = 0.015 ± 0.02 for fused silica, from which, based on the present analysis, νσ ≈ 0.022 and from which an activation volume of 0.13 nm3 can be estimated for plastic deformation.

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A.A. Elmustafa thanks the Summer Faculty Fellowship Research Program Office of Research, Old Dominion University (Grant No. 993003). D. Stone’s research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (Award CMS-0528073).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and The Applied Research Center–Jefferson Laboratory, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 23529, USA

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  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA

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Elmustafa, A.A., Stone, D.S. Strain rate sensitivity in nanoindentation creep of hard materials. Journal of Materials Research 22, 2912–2916 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2007.0374

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