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The different indentation fracture mechanisms of coated glass caused by a sharp tip (cube corner) at low loads (<4 mN) and a blunt tip (Berkovich) at high loads (up to 500 mN) have been analysed in this study. Existing indentation methods to estimate fracture toughness are unsuitable for very thin coatings (<500 nm). An alternative energy-based method can successfully be applied in the assessment of the ultra-small cracks produced in coated glass based on excursions in the load-displacement curve caused by indentation with a sharp tip. However, it was found that no excursions were observed associated with picture-frame cracks produced by a blunt tip in the same coatings; this is not unusual in other coated systems and makes the existing energy-based models invalid. Therefore, a new energy-based model is developed here to solve this problem and good results have been obtained. The existing models cannot be applied to the analysis of the indentation-induced interfacial failure in this study; therefore, new approaches have also been developed to assess the interfacial toughness and again reasonable results are obtained. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Author(s): Chen J, Bull SJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Year: 2007
Volume: 40
Issue: 18
Pages: 5401-5417
Print publication date: 21/09/2007
Date deposited: 27/05/2008
ISSN (print): 0022-3727
ISSN (electronic): 1361-6463
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/40/18/S01
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/18/S01
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