Mechanical characterisation of thin films

Selected papers 1999 - January 2004

The paper abstracts are compiled as pfd-files and can easily be identified by the file names. In cases where pdf-files of the final versions ("as printed") were not available, pdf-files of uncorrected proofs have been included. These files might differ in few details from the printed versions and are only intended to deliver a convenient insight into the content of the paper. However, the reader is referred to the original publication. If you want to have a full text version of any of the papers please contact one of the above mentioned persons.

Modelling:

• N. Schwarzer: "Arbitrary load distribution on a layered half space", ASME Journal of Tribology 122 (2000) 672. [Abstract]
  
  
• N. Schwarzer, F. Richter, G. Hecht: "The elastic field in a coated half-space under Hertzian pressure distribution", Surf. Coat. Technol. 114 (1999) 292.
  
  
• N. Schwarzer, T. Chudoba, D. Billep, F. Richter: "Investigation of Coating Substrate Compounds using Inclined Spherical Indentation", Surf. Coat. Technol. 116-119 (1999) 244.
  
  
• N. Schwarzer, I. Hermann, T. Chudoba, F. Richter: "Contact modelling in the vicinity of an edge", Surf. Coat. Technol. 146-147 (2001) 371-377. [Abstract]
  
  
  

Measurement of mechanical parameters:

• T. Chudoba, N. Schwarzer, F. Richter: "New possibilities of mechanical surface characterization with spherical indenters by comparison of experimental and theoretical results", Thin Solid Films 355-356 (1999) 284.
  
  
• T. Chudoba, N. Schwarzer, F. Richter: "Determination of elastic properties of thin films by indentation measurements with a spherical indenter", Surf. Coat. Technol. 127 (2000) 9. [Abstract]
  
  
• T. Chudoba, N. Schwarzer, F. Richter, U. Beck: "Determination of mechanical film properties of a bilayer system due to elastic indentation measurements with a spherical indenter", Thin Solid Films 377-378 (2000) 366. [Abstract]
  
  
• Th. Chudoba, F. Richter: "Investigation of Creep Behaviour under Load During Indentation Experiments and its Influence on Hardness and Modulus Results", Surf. Coat. Technol. 148 (2001) 191-198. [Abstract]
  
  
• T. Chudoba, M. Griepentrog, A. Dück, D. Schneider, F. Richter: "Young's modulus measurements on ultra-thin coatings", J. Mater. Res. 19 (2004) 1, 301. [Abstract]
  
  
  

Design of optimum layer systems

• N. Schwarzer: "Coating Design due to Analytical Modelling of Mechanical Contact Problems on Multilayer Systems", Surf. Coat. Technol. 133-134 (2000), 397. [Abstract]
  
  
• T. Chudoba, N. Schwarzer, F. Richter: "Steps towards a mechanical modelling of layered systems" (ICMCTF, San Diego 2001), Surf. Coat. Technol. 154(2002) 140-151. [Abstract]
  
  
• F. Richter, N. Schwarzer, V. Linss, I. Hermann, T. Chudoba: "Depth-depending YoungŽs modulus of thin films for increased load carrying capacity" , talk at ICMCTF-2002, San Diego, Calif., USA, April 2002 [Transparencies]
  
  
  
  

Software Package ELASTICA

Here you can download some presentation of the software package ELASTICA (MS-Windows only). A trial version of the software package itself can be downloaded from www.asmec.de.

• Video Presentation: The file contains a video animated presentation of the software package ELASTICA. To see it download the zip-file (21 MB) and after extracting it you obtain an executable (exe) file, which you simply have to start.
  
  
• Software Description: After downloading the zip-file (19 MB) you have to extract it completely into a separate directory. To start the help, simply double click on the file Startseite.htm which you will find in that directory or open it into a browser of your choice.