Spherical nanoindentation stress–strain curves

S Pathak, SR Kalidindi - Materials science and engineering: R: Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Although indentation experiments have long been used to measure the hardness and
Young's modulus, the utility of this technique in analyzing the complete elastic–plastic …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nanomechanical and in situ testing techniques: Towards extreme conditions

D Kiener, M Wurmshuber, M Alfreider… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation based techniques were significantly enhanced by continuous stiffness
monitoring capabilities. In essence, this allowed to expand from point-wise discrete …

Ion irradiation response and mechanical behavior of reduced activity high entropy alloy

M Sadeghilaridjani, A Ayyagari, S Muskeri… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Refractory alloys consisting of reduced activity elements are attractive for nuclear
applications to allow safe post-service recycling and meet fusion reactor requirements. Here …

Indentation size effect, geometrically necessary dislocations and pile-up effects in hardness testing of irradiated nickel

MA Mattucci, I Cherubin, P Changizian, T Skippon… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The indentation size effect response, based on dislocation density, of commercially pure Ni
irradiated at 120° C with 6MeV protons to 0.1 dpa, was compared with non-irradiated Ni …

Towards a reliable nanohardness-dose correlation of ion-irradiated materials from nanoindentation tests: A case study in proton-irradiated vanadium

S Chen, J Yuan, S Wang, L Mei, J Yan, L Li… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation has been commonly used for evaluating the hardening effects of ion-
irradiated materials. Nonetheless, establishing a reliable correlation between the hardness …

Predicting the performance of tungsten in a fusion environment: a literature review

RG Abernethy - Materials Science and Technology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Tungsten has been proposed for use in the divertor of future fusion devices. In this
environment, it will be exposed to high heat fluxes, neutron damage and hydrogen and …

Understanding the effects of ion irradiation using nanoindentation techniques

CD Hardie, SG Roberts, AJ Bushby - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of ion irradiation in materials for research are usually limited to a shallow surface
layer of the order of one micrometre in depth. Determining the mechanical properties of such …

Observation of transient and asymptotic driven structural states of tungsten exposed to radiation

DR Mason, S Das, PM Derlet, SL Dudarev… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Combining spatially resolved x-ray Laue diffraction with atomic-scale simulations, we
observe how ion-irradiated tungsten undergoes a series of nonlinear structural …

Determine the unique constitutive properties of elastoplastic materials from their plastic zone evolution under nanoindentation

X Long, Z Shen, Q Jia, J Li, R Dong, Y Su, X Yang… - Mechanics of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution of the plastic zone underneath the indenter is challenging to be described
during nanoindentation, which is recently known to be crucial to establish a constitutive …

Plastic zone size for nanoindentation of irradiated Fe–9% Cr ODS

CK Dolph, DJ da Silva, MJ Swenson… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to determine irradiation effects on the nanoindentation plastic
zone morphology in a model Fe–9% Cr ODS alloy. Specimens are irradiated to 50 …