Methods of obtaining instantaneous modulus of viscoelastic solids using displacement-controlled instrumented indentation with axisymmetric indenters of arbitrary smooth profiles

Yang Tse Cheng, Che Min Cheng, Wangyang Ni

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

24 Scopus citations

Abstract

We derive a relationship between the initial unloading slope, contact depth, and the instantaneous relaxation modulus for displacement-controlled indentation in linear viscoelastic solids by a rigid indenter with an arbitrary axisymmetric smooth profile. While the same expression is well known for indentation in elastic and in elastic-plastic solids, we show that it is also true for indentation in linear viscoelastic solids, provided that the unloading rate is sufficiently fast. When the unloading rate is slow, a "hold" period between loading and unloading can be used to provide a correction term for the initial unloading slope equation. Finite element calculations are used to illustrate the methods of fast unloading and "hold-at-the-maximum-indenter-displacement" for determining the instantaneous modulus using spherical indenters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2-7
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: A
Volume423
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2006

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Mike Lukitsch, Yue Qi, Tom Perry, and Wes Capehart, Lou Hector, and Mark W. Verbrugge for valuable discussions. C.-M. Cheng would like to acknowledge partial support from NSF of China, Project No.10372101.

Keywords

  • Indentation
  • Instantaneous modulus
  • Viscoelastic solids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Methods of obtaining instantaneous modulus of viscoelastic solids using displacement-controlled instrumented indentation with axisymmetric indenters of arbitrary smooth profiles'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this