Objective: The mechanical behaviour or the Young's Modulus of the skin is measured as a
ratio of the stress applied to the skin in vitro or in vivo over the skin deformation. The Young's …

The method we introduced in 1992 for measuring hardness and elastic modulus by
instrumented indentation techniques has widely been adopted and used in the …

The indentation load-displacement behavior of six materials tested with a Berkovich indenter
has been carefully documented to establish an improved method for determining hardness …

Depth-sensing indentation instruments provide a means for studying the elastic and plastic
properties of thin films. A method for obtaining hardness and Young's modulus from the data …

The mechanical properties of thin films on substrates are described and studied. It is shown
that very large stresses may be present in the thin films that comprise integrated circuits and …

Results of Sneddon's analysis for the elastic contact between a rigid, axisymmetric punch
and an elastic half space are used to show that a simple relationship exists among the …

Zirconates with high melting points were investigated for application as materials for thermal
barrier coatings at operating temperatures> 1300° C. SrZrO3, BaZrO3, and La2Zr2O7 …

One of the simplest ways to measure the mechanical properties of a thin film is to deform it
on a very small scale. Because indentation testing with a sharp indenter is one convenient …

Ultra-low load indentation, also known as nanoindentation, is a widely used tool for
measuring the mechanical properties of thin films and small volumes of material. One of the …

Finite element simulation of conical indentation of a wide variety of elastic-plastic materials
has been used to investigate the influences of pileup on the accuracy with which hardness …