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Testing Techniques for Mechanical Characterization of Nanostructured Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Carl C. Koch,
Ronald O. Scattergood,
K. Linga Murty,
Ramesh K. Guduru,
Gopinath Trichy and
Koteswararao V. Rajulapati
Carl C. Koch
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Ronald O. Scattergood
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
K. Linga Murty
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Ramesh K. Guduru
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Gopinath Trichy
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Koteswararao V. Rajulapati
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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Abstract

Testing methods are reviewed that can be applied to the small sample sizes which result from many of the processing routes for preparation of nanocrystalline materials. These include the measurement of elastic properties on small samples; hardness, with emphasis on nanoindentation methods; the miniaturized disk bend test (MDBT); the automated ball indentation test (ABI); the shear punch test; and the use of subsize compression and tensile samples.

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