A numerical and experimental study of the indentation mechanics of plasticine

Huang, Z., Lucas, M.L. and Adams, M.J. (2002) A numerical and experimental study of the indentation mechanics of plasticine. Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 37(2), pp. 141-150. (doi: 10.1243/0309324021514907)

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Abstract

This paper describes an experimental and analytical study of contact compliance data for deriving material properties of the model elastoviscoplastic material, plasticine, from spherical and conical indentation measurements. An analytical model is employed to determine the material characteristics such as elastic modulus and yield stress from the experimental data. It is based on the Box-Cox transformation for minimizing the influence of the error inherent in compliance methods. The material characteristics deduced for plasticine are shown to be consistent with the values reported for compression tests of this material. Moreover, for the elastic modulus, yield stress, plastic flow consistency, plastic flow index and load -depth relationship, a close correlation was obtained between a finite element simulation of the indentation process and the experimental data.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Lucas, Professor Margaret
Authors: Huang, Z., Lucas, M.L., and Adams, M.J.
Subjects:T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
Journal Name:Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design
ISSN:0309-3247
ISSN (Online):2041-3130

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