YIELD TENSILE STRENGTH OF STEEL （屈服抗拉强度的钢）.pdfVIP

YIELD TENSILE STRENGTH OF STEEL ALUMINIUM USING MICROINDENTATION Prepared by Duanjie Li, PhD Pierre Leroux 6 Morgan, Ste156, Irvine CA 92618 · P: 949.461.9292 · F: 949.461.9232 · Todays standard for tomorrows materials. © 2014 NANOVEA INTRODUCTION The yield strength (YS) is the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically and will not returns to its original shape when the applied stress is removed. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being pulled before breaking. These two properties indicate the upper limit to the load that can be applied to mechanical parts and structure, and play important roles in materials production including annealing, forging, rolling and pressing. IMPORTANCE OF YS and UTS MEASUREMENT USING INDENTATION TECHNIQUE Traditionally the YS and UTS have been tested using a tensile testing machine, a large instrument requiring enormous strength to pull apart the test specimen. It is both costly and time-consuming to properly machine many test coupons for a material – each sample can only be tested once. Small defects in the sample could possibly create noticeable variance in the test result. The different configuration and alignment of the tensile testers in the market often result in substantial variations in the mechanics of testing and their outcomes. Nanovea’s innovative indentation method directly provides the YS and UTS values comparable to that measured by conventional tensile tests. This measurement opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for all industries. The simple experimental setup significantly cuts the time and cost for sample preparation, compared to the coupons with a complex shape for tensile tests. The small indentation size makes it possible to perform multiple measurements on one single