Pile-Up Correction of Mechanical Characteristics of Individual Phases in Various Steel by Depth Sensing Indentation

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The Oliver–Pharr method has extensively been adopted for measuring hardness and elastic modulus by indentation techniques. However, the method assumes that the contact periphery sinks in, which limits the applicability to the materials pile-up [1]. This study proposes an improved methodology to calculate the real mechanical characteristics of individual phases in various steels with significant pile-up. Pile-up correction of mechanical characteristics is based on ratio of pile-up height and contact depth. Pile-up height was measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The effect of grain boundaries on the shape and size of the pile-up lobes was also discussed.

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