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Micro-impact technique and its applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

T.W. Wu  and
C-K. Lee
T.W. Wu
Affiliation:
IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120-6099
C-K. Lee
Affiliation:
IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120-6099
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Abstract

A micro-impact tester has been designed and built by using a piezoelectric impact hammer as an impactor driver. During the course of an impact process, force interactions between the impactor and target surfaces were monitored continuously by a miniaturized piezoelectric loadcell embedded in the flying head assembly. A 3-sided pyramidal diamond indenter (Berkovich indenter) was used as an impactor. After having fully characterized such an impact system, the trajectory of the impactor can be calculated by using the corresponding prerecorded impact force interaction in a simulation program. The contact and returning velocities, kinetic energy loss of the impactor, and the impact penetration curve are the key pieces of information obtained from the simulation. Furthermore, the impact morphology can reveal failure mechanisms of materials by providing details such as indent shapes, coating fragment, chipping, crack type and size, and other information which are useful in assessing the fracture toughness of testing materials. The micro-impact testing was carried out in the contact velocity ranging from 0.3 to 2.0 m/s. Three types of materials such as metal, glass, and amorphous carbon were used in studying their distinct mechanical behavior under high rate indentations. The correlations among the impact conditions, energy losses, impact morphologies, and material responses are illustrated and discussed.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , March 1994 , pp. 797 - 804
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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