Recent advances in electronics have enabled nanomechanical measurements with very low
noise, fast time constants and high data acquisition rates. These capabilities open the door …

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

Strain rate dependence of indentation hardness has been widely used to study time-
dependent plasticity. However, the currently available techniques limit the range of strain …

Constant strain rate nanoindentation hardness measurements at high sustained strain rates
cannot be made in conventional nanoindentation testing systems using the commonly …

Hard, brittle materials are often subjected to mechanical loading on the nano-scale at high
strain rates, and while high loading rates can be achieved on the macroscopic scale, there …

Micromechanical testing is normally limited to the quasi-static strain rate regime: 10− 5 to
10− 2 s− 1. In this work, a nanomechanical testing device has been developed that allows …

Modern nanoindentation devices are capable of dynamic experimentations, which allow us
to exploit instrumented hardness tests extensively. Beside the assets of recording …

Constant load measurements by nanoindentation offer the potential for measuring strain rate
sensitivity from individual features and defects on a submicron scale. However, recent …

High-temperature or elevated-temperature nanoindentation testing presents an additional
capability in nanoindentation techniques, which have demonstrated tremendous potential in …

Impact nanoindentation using a pendulum-based nanoindenter is an attractive technique for
characterizing the high strain rate behavior of materials. However, pendulum-based systems …