Hardness profile analysis of elasto-plastic heat-treated steels with a gradient in yield strength

• Published in: Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing Vol. 333; no. 1-2; pp. 160 - 169
• Main Authors: Nayebi, A, El Abdi, R., Bartier, O, Mauvoisin, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2003

An elasto-plastic indentation study on materials with a yield strength gradient like steels which have undergone thermal hardening such as nitriding, is carried out using experimental and finite element methods. The analysis of the normalized mean contact pressure as a function of a dimensionless st...