Examination of stress fields in elastic-plastic indentation

Abstract
A block of high-purity copper was indented by a 120° diamond-tipped cone. Strain gauges were placed on the surface to measure the radial strains at different surface locations, during loading as well as unloading. The competence of three stress fields proposed for elastic-plastic indentation is assessed by comparing the predicted surface radial strains with those experimentally observed.

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