Citation: T. Iqbal, B.J. Briscoe, S. Yasin, P.F. Luckham. CONTINUOUS STIFFNESS MODE NANOINDENTATION RESPONSE OF POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) SURFACES[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2013, 31(8): 1096-1107. doi: 10.1007/s10118-013-1301-0 shu

CONTINUOUS STIFFNESS MODE NANOINDENTATION RESPONSE OF POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) SURFACES

Received Date: 7 September 2012
Revised Date: 24 November 2012

Indentation is a comparatively simple and virtually nondestructive method of determining mechanical properties of material surfaces by means of an indenter inducing a localized deformation. The paper present experimental results of the load-displacement curves, the hardness and the elastic modulus data, and associated analysis for poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surfaces as a function of contact displacement. The experimental results include continuous stiffness indentations performed using constant loading rate and constant displacement rate experiments. The continuous stiffness indentation involves continuous calculation of a material stiffness, and hence hardness and elastic modulus of surfaces, during discrete loading-unloading cycles, as in a conventional indentation routine, and in a comparatively smaller time constant. The dependence of the compliance curves, the hardness, the elastic modulus and the plasticity index upon the imposed penetration depth, the applied normal load and the deformation rate are described. Tip area and load frame calibrations for the continuous stiffness indentation are also reported. The paper includes practical considerations encountered during indentation of polymers specifically at low penetration depths. The experimental results show a peculiarly harder response of PMMA surfaces at the submicron (near to surface) layers.
- Nanoindentation,
- PMMA,
- Hardness,
- Modulus,
- Continuous stiffness
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