The scratch test consists in pushing a tool across the surface of a weaker material at a given
penetration depth; and it has several applications in Science and Engineering including …

Mar is a type of subtle surface damage caused by a sliding object barely visible to human
eyes. This minor damage phenomenon has rarely been systematically studied. Significant …

Thermal assistance is considered a potentially effective approach to improve the
machinability of hard and brittle materials. Understanding the material removal and friction …

Rockwell C diamond indenter with a spherical tip of radius of 108 μm was used to slide on
bulk polycarbonate under linearly increasing normal load from 5 mN to 20 N in order to …

The scratch behaviour displayed by a series of polymers in constant penetration depth
scratch tests conducted by a microscratch tester was examined in relation to their intrinsic …

To investigate the scratch behavior of short glass fiber (SGF) reinforced polybutylene
terephthalate (PBT) composites, the scratch tests with the progressively increasing normal …

In order to predict scratch performance of polymers, the present study focuses on
quantitative assessment of various scratch-induced deformation mechanisms based on a set …

The effects of MWNT content and aspect ratio on the properties of epoxy‐based
nanocomposites are investigated using nanoindentation and nanoscratch methods. The …

Variation in the scratch behaviour of polymers with incorporation of different types and
amounts of fillers was investigated both in terms of scratch visibility and scratch hardness …

Three-dimensional finite element method (FEM) parametric study was performed by
simulating linearly progressive load scratch process on a polymer substrate with a spherical …