How tensile tests allow a screening of the fracture toughness of hard coatings
Bernhard Völker, Cheng-Ran Du, Hanna Fager, H. Rueß, Rafael Soler, Christoph Kirchlechner, Gerhard Dehm, Jochen M. Schneider
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceFracture toughnessNanoindentationComposite materialUltimate tensile strengthCoatingTensile testingToughnessBendingFracture (geology)Fracture mechanicsScanning electron microscopeMetal and Thin Film MechanicsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchAdvanced materials and composites