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On the influence of indenter tip geometry on the identification of material parameters in indentation testing
Guo, Weichao
2010
 

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Keywords :
Inverse methods; Indenter tip geometry; Residual imprint data; Optimization; Hessian matrix; Correlations of material parameters; Indentation
Abstract :
[en] The rapid development of structural materials and their successful applications in various sectors of industry have led to increasing demands for assessing their mechanical properties in small volumes. If the size dimensions are below micron, it is difficult to perform traditional tensile and compression tests at such small scales. Indentation testing as one of the advanced technologies to characterize the mechanical properties of material has already been widely employed since indentation technology has emerged as a cost-effective, convenient and non-destructive method to solve this problem at micro- and nanoscales. In spite of the advances in indentation testing, the theory and development on indentation testing are still not completely mature. Many factors affect the accuracy and reliability of identified material parameters. For instance, when the material properties are determined utilizing the inverse analysis relying on numerical modelling, the procedures often suffer from a strong material parameter correlation, which leads to a non-uniqueness of the solution or high errors in parameter identification. In order to overcome that problem, an approach is proposed to reduce the material parameter correlation by designing appropriate indenter tip shapes able to sense indentation piling-up or sinking-in occurring in non-linear materials. In the present thesis, the effect of indenter tip geometry on parameter correlation in material parameter identification is investigated. It may be helpful to design indenter tip shapes producing a minimal material parameter correlation, which may help to improve the reliability of material parameter identification procedures based on indentation testing combined with inverse methods. First, a method to assess the effect of indenter tip geometry on the identification of material parameters is proposed, which contains a gradient-based numerical optimization method with sensitivity analysis. The sensitivities of objective function computed by finite difference method and by direct differentiation method are compared. Subsequently, the direct differentiation method is selected to use because it is more reliable, accurate and versatile for computing the sensitivities of the objective function. Second, the residual imprint mappings produced by different indenters are investigated. In common indentation experiments, the imprint data are not available because the indenter tip itself shields that region from access by measurement devices during loading and unloading. However, they include information about sinking-in and piling-up, which may be valuable to reduce the correlation of material parameter. Therefore, the effect of the imprint data on identification of material parameters is investigated. Finally, some strategies for improvement of the identifiability of material parameter are proposed. Indenters with special tip shapes and different loading histories are investigated. The sensitivities of material parameters toward indenter tip geometries are evaluated on the materials with elasto-plastic and elasto-visoplastic constitutive laws. The results of this thesis have shown that first, the correlations of material parameters are related to the geometries of indenter tip shapes. The abilities of different indenters for determining material parameters are significantly different. Second, residual imprint mapping data are proved to be important for identification of material parameters, because they contain the additional information about plastic material behaviour. Third, different loading histories are helpful to evaluate the material parameters of time-dependent materials. Particularly, a holding cycle is necessary to determine the material properties of time-dependent materials. These results may be useful to enable a more reliable material parameter identification.
Research center :
Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor
Disciplines :
Mechanical engineering
Author, co-author :
Guo, Weichao ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Doct. sc. ingé. (aérosp. & méca. - Bologne)
Language :
English
Title :
On the influence of indenter tip geometry on the identification of material parameters in indentation testing
Defense date :
08 December 2010
Number of pages :
167
Institution :
ULiège - Université de Liège
Degree :
Doctor of Engineering Sciences
Promotor :
Ponthot, Jean-Philippe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Aérospatiale et Mécanique (A&M)
President :
Duysinx, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Aérospatiale et Mécanique (A&M)
Jury member :
Bechet, Eric
Beckers, Pierre
Habraken, Anne-Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR)
Noels, Ludovic  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Aérospatiale et Mécanique (A&M)
Rauchs, Gaston
Zhang, Weihong ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Laboratoire de chimie physique théorique
Name of the research project :
Investigation of the Effect of Indenter Tip Geometry on the Identification of Material Parameters
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
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