Recent advancements in electronics have renewed the interest in high strain rate
nanoindentation testing, resulting in the development of new high strain rate …

A new testing system and techniques for measuring the hardness of materials subjected to
very high indentation strain rates up to 104 s− 1 is presented. This was accomplished by …

Deformation at high strain rates often results in high stresses on many engineering
materials, potentially leading to catastrophic failure without proper design. High-strain-rate …

Indentation is a simple and one of the oldest small-scale test methods for characterizing the
mechanical response of materials. Recently, there has been a growing interest in dynamic …

Understanding the deformation and fracture behavior of single crystal silicon carbide (SiC)
under a single particle is of scientific and practical importance for the micromachining of …

The study reveals a size effect in deformation mechanisms via unique structural transitions
in sputter deposited fcc/bcc nanolayers under high strain rate impact nanoindentation as …

As a fundamental test technique for the mechanical properties of materials, indentation
shows broad application prospects. Compared to the well-studied quasi-static indentation …

High strain rates and continuous real-time data acquisition are difficult to balance in existing
impact indentation techniques. Meanwhile, the inaccuracy of the testing Ph curves limits the …

The flow stress of a material can be strongly dependent on the rate of applied strain.
Measuring the strain rate sensitivity can reveal key insights into the mechanisms that drive …

The diffusion behavior and the mechanics performance of the Mg–Pr system have been
characterized by the application of the diffusion coupling technique. Within the diffusion …