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Finite element simulation of nanoindentation tests using a macroscopic computational model

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The aim of this work was to develop a numerical procedure to simulate nanoindentation tests using a macroscopic computational model. Both theoretical and numerical aspects of the proposed methodology, based on the coupling of isotropic elasticity and anisotropic plasticity described with the quadratic criterion of Hill are presented to model this behaviour. The anisotropic plastic behaviour accounts for the mixed nonlinear hardening (isotropic and kinematic) under large plastic deformation. Nanoindentation tests were simulated to analyse the nonlinear mechanical behaviour of aluminium alloy. The predicted results of the finite element (FE) modelling are in good agreement with the experimental data, thereby confirming the accuracy level of the suggested FE method of analysis. The effects of some technological and mechanical parameters known to have an influence during the nanoindentation tests were also investigated.

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  1. University of Lorraine, ENSTIB, 27 rue Philippe Séguin, CS 60036, 88026, Epinal Cedex, France

    Mourad Khelifa & Alain Celzard

  2. LERMAB, EA 4370, ENSTIB, 27 rue Philippe Séguin, CS 60036, 88026, Epinal Cedex, France

    Mourad Khelifa

  3. Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198, ENSTIB, 27 rue Philippe Séguin, CS 60036, 88026, Epinal Cedex, France

    Vanessa Fierro & Alain Celzard

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Mourad Khelifa graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and received his Ph.D. in Systems optimization in materials science in 2004 at the University of Technology of Troyes (France). From 2008, he is assistant professor at the School of Wood Science and Timber Engineering (ENSTIB) (Epinal, France). His scientific interests deal with and the characterization of material and structures, development of constitutive law of materials, development of processes and product modelling, and numerical and software development.

Vanessa Fierro graduated in Chemistry in 1993 at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), and obtained her Ph.D. in Sciences in 1998 from the same university. After working several years as a contractual researcher in France (IFPSolaize, IRC-Lyon), then at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), she is now a full-time researcher of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2006. Her present research deals with the preparation, characterisation and application of organic as well as inorganic materials.

Alain Celzard graduated in Chemical Physics in 1992 and received his Ph.D. in Materials Science in 1995 at the University Henri Poincaré (Nancy, France). From 2005, he is full-time professor at the School of Wood Science and Timber Engineering (ENSTIB) (Epinal, France) and was appointed member of the Institut Universitaire de France in 2010. His scientific interests deal with and solid-state chemistry and physics, and all kinds of materials ranging from disordered, porous, and related materials, to composites, ceramics or metals.

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Khelifa, M., Fierro, V. & Celzard, A. Finite element simulation of nanoindentation tests using a macroscopic computational model. J Mech Sci Technol 28, 3209–3217 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-014-0730-1

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