SHI Wei,ZHANG Kai-lin,HOU Xiao-dong.Confocal microscopic measurement of ultramicro hardness considering indentation pile-up[J].Optics and Precision Engineering,2021,29(05):1014-1023.
To accurately measure the ultra-micro-hardness indentation by considering the pile-up, a high-resolution laser scanning confocal microscope was used to obtain the 3D morphology of the residual indent in this study. The four corners of indentation were then extracted to calculate the ultra-micro-hardness value using the indentation diagonal method. However, this traditional method cannot accurately reflect the complex structure of the residual indenter, in particular, the pile-up. Taking advantage of the knowledge on the 3D shape of the indent, a datum plane concept is proposed to determine the true contact area in accordance with the contact mechanics. It was found that the contact area determined by the datum plane at the inflexion point of the area function differentiated by the depth is a good indication of the contact area, even considering pile-up. The experimental results show that the hardness values measured by the optimal datum plane obtained by the contact mechanics law are <±1.5% error and <1% stable. The reference plane method can obtain a more stable and accurate hardness value that is more consistent with the definition of hardness.
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