When two bodies are in contact, various surface/subsurface damage problems may arise,
which significantly shorten the service lives of functional components. These damage …

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 …

The mechanisms of stress concentration and plastic strain localization operating in an
aluminum substrate with an aluminum-matrix composite coating subjected to uniaxial …

Electronics industries, notably device fabrication industries, deposit thin films on thick
substrates to create various devices such as sensors, actuators, LED Multi-Quantum Well …

Multilayer coatings are often seen in surface engineering for surface modifications. Optimal
design of the multilayered materials requires the understanding of their mechanical …

This paper presents a review of the mechanical characterisation of thin film and coated
systems using indentation tests. The potential in assessing mechanical properties of films …

This paper numerically investigates the mechanical behavior of an aluminum specimen with
a TiC–Al6061 composite coating. The strain localization and fracture patterns are …

In this work, a crystal plasticity finite element model is developed to simulate the spherical
nano-indentation of ion-irradiated metallic materials. Two critical features are addressed by …

In biomedical applications, poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) is capable of modifying
traditional metal components, but still lacks strength and wear resistance. In this study, a …

This article aims to provide a brief background to the current applications of finite-element
analysis (FEA) in nanomedicine and dentistry. FEA was introduced in orthopedic …