The Load-Depth-Graph

You have the possibility to draw your calculated results in a Load-Depth-Graph. This is a two dimensional diagram in which you can see how far the indenter gets into the material under a special load. The load and depth are represented in suitable SI units as e.g. in mN and m m.

There are two possibilities to open the Load-Depth-Graph Window:

  1. Move the mouse to the "Graph" button on the menu rail and open the scroll by clicking the left mouse button once
  2. Five options are given. Choose the second window square "Load-Depth-Graph" by clicking the left mouse button once

    After a short calculation time the new Graph Window appears at the centre of the Main Window

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  3. Move the mouse to the twelfth symbol shown on the small symbol rail right under the menu rail

By clicking the left mouse button once the new Load-Depth Window appears at the centre of the Main Window after a short calculation time

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Several options are given in the control panel on the right of the open Graph Window:

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By clicking the plus symbol once with the left mouse button a Comparison Window is opened immediately and the current graph is copied into this separate window.

Now you can calculate another graph and add it to the Comparison Window in the same way. This might be helpful if you want to compare two or more results directly in one single co-ordinate system.

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Imprint depth (Depth),

Contact radius (a),

Contact thickness (a/t),

Contact stiffness (S),

the Exponent of power law fit (Exp.) and

the Composit modulus (Ec.)

under maximal load, respectively over the whole penetration.

 

Click therefor into the co-ordinate system and move the mouse, holding the right mouse button pressed, to the desired direction. The graph will "follow" immediately. Let go of the mouse button and the graph stays put.

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Click therefor near the special point in the co-ordinate system and move the mouse, holding the left mouse button pressed, to one direction so that the developed square surrounds the chosen point. Let go of the mouse button and the chosen graph detail appears zoomed.

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