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Determining the elastic modulus of a hard coating from the loading curve in indentation

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A method is proposed for calculating the elastic modulus of a thin hard coating from the loading curve in indentation, on the basis of modified Hertz theory. The results may be used in assessing the properties of hardened surfaces.

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  1. Blagonravov Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    N. A. Voronin

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Voronin, 2016, published in Vestnik Mashinostroeniya, 2016, No. 11, pp. 8–13.

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Voronin, N.A. Determining the elastic modulus of a hard coating from the loading curve in indentation. Russ. Engin. Res. 37, 97–102 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068798X17020174

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