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Automatic computation of the geometrical characteristics of a surface modified by a scanning nanohardness tester

I. A. Shirokov^ab, V. V. Solov’ev^ab, N. A. Lvova<sup>ab

a</sup> Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
^b Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, Troitsk, Moscow

Abstract: A technique for automatic determination of the contact area of a remnant impression obtained by nanoindentation with regard to a surrounding relief is suggested. An algorithm on which the suggested technique is based and an algorithm to automatically correct scanning defects are described. The hardness values determined by dynamic nanoindentation and by direct measurement of the impression are compared.

Received: 28.12.2010
Accepted: 05.05.2010

 English version: Technical Physics, 2010, 55:12, 1771–1775

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