The indentation size effect is one of several size effects on strength for which “smaller is
stronger.” Through use of geometrically self-similar indenters such as cones and pyramids …

In this paper, the intrinsic complexities of the experimental examination of hydrogen
embrittlement are discussed. On the basis of these complexities, an experimental approach …

Relationships between microstructures and hardening nature of laser powder bed fused (L-
PBF) 316 L stainless steel have been studied. Using integrated experimental efforts and …

For decades, nanoindentation has been used for measuring mechanical properties of films
with the widely used assumption that if the indentation depth does not exceed 10% of the …

Body-centered cubic metals including steels and refractory metals suffer from an abrupt
ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) at a critical temperature, hampering their performance and …

In metal matrix composites, a metal is combined with another, often nonmetallic, phase to
produce a novel material having attractive engineering attributes of its own. A subject of …

In order to probe the superior nano/micron scale mechanical behaviors of ultra-fine grain
(UFG) austenitic stainless steel as compared with coarse grain (CG) counterpart, systematic …

The origin of the indentation size effect has been extensively researched over the last three
decades, following the establishment of nanoindentation as a broadly used small-scale …

In situ mechanical tests were carried out to measure the tensile behavior of single-crystalline
face-centered cubic (fcc) gold (Au) and body-centered cubic (bcc) molybdenum (Mo) nano …

Hydrogen diffusivity is one of the important factors affecting the susceptibility to hydrogen
embrittlement of metals and alloys. Here, we proposed a novel approach to estimate …