Thin films and coatings are increasingly being used almost in every engineering field. Many
properties such as tribological, strength and magnetic can be improved by application of thin …

Nanoindentation has been widely utilized for measuring mechanical properties at small
scales over the past three decades. Indentation size effect (ISE) is a crucial phenomenon in …

In Part II of this work we extend the method introduced in Part I to consider dislocation
dynamic evolution through dislocations nucleation, glide, pile-up, and annihilation. The SP …

The coal's mechanical properties have a significant influence on mining safety and the mine
environment. Preparing a standard sample and conducting repeat mechanical testing are …

Background Accelerated development of advanced metals and alloys requires validated
relationships between the high throughput indentation measurements and standardized …

Based on equivalent energy method, an elastic-plastic indentation model (EIM) to describe
the elastic and the elastic-plastic load-depth relations is developed for conical, spherical …

Instrumented indentation is widely used to evaluate the hardness and other mechanical
properties of materials. This requires a theoretical model for the indentation curve (load vs …

Understanding phase transition in two-dimensional (2D) layered materials is essential for
controlled manipulation of their electronic properties. We report a mechanically induced …

Most important mechanical structures produce complex local material changes during the
moulding and servicing process. Obtaining the specific local mechanical properties of …

This chapter introduces the concepts that define the mechanical properties characterized by
nanoindentation, the fundamentals of nanoindentation, nanoindentation applications in …