The relationship between plastic zone and contact radius during indentation experiment for strain-hardened materials

Zhanwei Yuan, Yu Wang, Wenbin Tian, Yingying Wang, Kai Wang, Fuguo Li, Yajie Guo, Yongbiao Hu, Xingang Wang

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Abstract

In this study, the ratio f of the plastic zone radius, aPZ, to the contact radius, ac, for different material properties and at various indentation depths was investigated using a three-dimensional finite element model for strain hardening materials. The effective indentation radius and f were determined via the statistical volume of plastic zone. It was found that f is significantly influenced by material properties, such as yield strength, Young’s modulus, strain hardening exponent and Poisson’s ratio, and less influenced by the indentation depth. A relationship between f and the material properties was proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-217
Number of pages9
JournalPhilosophical Magazine Letters
Volume98
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 May 2018

Keywords

  • average plastic strain
  • Berkovich indenter
  • Equivalent indentation radius
  • finite element simulation

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