Nanoindentation is widely used to characterize the mechanical and interfacial properties of thin film systems. However, the effects of substrate compliance on the indentation response of compliant substrate systems are not well understood. This paper investigates the effects of the large compliance mismatch between the film and the substrate and of the film thickness for model systems using nanoindentation tests, finite element simulations, and an analytical model based on a classical plate-bending solution. The results showed that for displacements less than the film thickness and for ratio of the substrate to film modulus less than 100. The indentation force-displacement response exhibits a linear relationship that can be predicted accurately by the linear plate-bending model. The effective stiffness depends linearly on the film thickness and also on the substrate and film moduli. For larger displacements, the indentation response exhibits the scaling relationship of the nonlinear plate-bending model.
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April 2010
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Nanoindentation of Compliant Substrate Systems: Effects of Geometry and Compliance
Thao D. Nguyen,
Thao D. Nguyen
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: vicky.nguyen@jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins University
, Baltimore, MD 21218
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J. D. Yeager,
J. D. Yeager
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Washington State University
, Pullman WA, 99164
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D. F. Bahr,
D. F. Bahr
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Washington State University
, Pullman WA, 99164
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D. P. Adams,
D. P. Adams
Sandia National Laboratories
, Albuquerque, NM 86185
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N. R. Moody
N. R. Moody
Sandia National Laboratories
, Livermore, CA 94550
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Thao D. Nguyen
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University
, Baltimore, MD 21218e-mail: vicky.nguyen@jhu.edu
J. D. Yeager
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Washington State University
, Pullman WA, 99164
D. F. Bahr
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Washington State University
, Pullman WA, 99164
D. P. Adams
Sandia National Laboratories
, Albuquerque, NM 86185
N. R. Moody
Sandia National Laboratories
, Livermore, CA 94550J. Eng. Mater. Technol. Apr 2010, 132(2): 021001 (7 pages)
Published Online: January 12, 2010
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Received:
April 19, 2009
Revised:
July 22, 2009
Online:
January 12, 2010
Published:
January 12, 2010
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Nguyen, T. D., Yeager, J. D., Bahr, D. F., Adams, D. P., and Moody, N. R. (January 12, 2010). "Nanoindentation of Compliant Substrate Systems: Effects of Geometry and Compliance." ASME. J. Eng. Mater. Technol. April 2010; 132(2): 021001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4000230
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