Contact damage in TiN coatings on steel

Bhowmick, S and Kale, AN and Jayaram, V and Biswas, SK (2003) Contact damage in TiN coatings on steel. In: Thin Solid Films, 436 (2). pp. 250-258.

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Abstract

Damage mechanisms beneath Vickers indentations are examined on 5\mu m TiN film deposited on stainless steel substrate as a function of load. Prominent mode of cracking includes surface edge cracks and subsurface inclined cracks. No interfacial delaminations were noted at the TiN/steel interface. The tangential traction, radial stress and shear stress distribution around an axisymmetric indentation field are used to assess the driving force for crack propagation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Thin Solid Films
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongst to Elsevier.
Keywords:	Titanium nitride;Indentation;Fracture
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:29
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7532

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