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Comments on “Extracting the plastic properties of metal materials from microindentation tests: Experimental comparison of recently published methods” by B. Guelorget, et al. [J. Mater. Res. 22, 1512 (2007)]: The correct methods of analyzing experimental data and reverse analysis of indentation tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Nagahisa Ogasawara ,
Manhong Zhao ,
Norimasa Chiba  and
Xi Chen
Nagahisa Ogasawara
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239, Japan
Manhong Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027-6699
Norimasa Chiba
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239, Japan
Xi Chen*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027-6699
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: xichen@civil.columbia.edu
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Abstract

Based on microindentation experiments of three different metals, Guelorget et al. [J. Mater. Res. 22, 1512 (2007)] have compared the performance of five different indentation methods on extracting material plastic properties—among them, three papers were proposed by Cao and Lu [Acta Mater.52, 4023 (2004); J. Mater. Res.20, 1194 (2005); J. Mech. Phys. Solids53, 49 (2005)] and two papers were published by our group [Ogasawara et al., Scripta Mater.54, 65 (2006); Zhao et al. Acta Mater.54, 23 (2006)]. They argued that the performances of our techniques in [Ogasawara et al., Scripta Mater.54, 65 (2006); Zhao et al. Acta Mater.54, 23 (2006)] were quite poor. Here we show that Guelorget et al. [J. Mater. Res. 22, 1512 (2007)] have made quite a few mistakes and problematic steps when they handled the experiment data and performed reverse analysis. Indeed, the material plastic properties extracted from the correct procedures based on our papers [Ogasawara et al., Scripta Mater.54, 65 (2006); Zhao et al. Acta Mater.54, 23 (2006)] are much better and more stable than that reported in Guelorget et al. [J. Mater. Res. 22, 1512 (2007)]. Several general issues related to interpreting microindentation data and reverse analysis are also discussed, which may serve as important guidelines for similar studies in the future.

Keywords

HardnessStress/strain relationship
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Commentary
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 598 - 608
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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