| Indentation Creep. Using depth-sensing indentation techniques at both room and elevated temperatures, the dependency of the indentation hardness on the variables of indentation strain rate and temperature, and the existence of a steady state behavior in an indentation creep test with a Berkovich indenter were investigated. The indentation creep response of five materials, Pb-65 at% In (at RT), high purity indium (from RT to 75;Viscoelasticity. Using a frequency specific dynamic indentation technique, a method to measure the linear viscoelastic properties of polymers was determined. The polymer tested was poly-cis 1,4-isoprene. By imposing a small harmonic force excitation on the specimen during the indentation process and measuring the displacement response at the same frequency, the complex modulus, G*, of the polymer was determined. The portion of the displacement signal "in phase" with the excitation represents the elastic response of the contact and is related to the stiffness, S, of the contact and to the storage modulus, G... |
