The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • pISSN : 1738-8228
  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title Mechanical Behaviors : Evaluation of Thin Film residual Stress through the Nanoindentation Technique and the Modeling of Stress Relaxation
Authors 이윤희(Yun Hee Lee),최열(Yeol Choi),권동일(Dong Il Kwon)
Page pp.1101-1107
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Abstract Residual stress in thin film was evaluated by a nanoindentation technique combined with a new stressrelaxation model. The dominant shape change in the nanoindentation curve during the stress relief in thin film was identified as the increase or decrease of applied load for a given maximum indentation depth. The applied indentation load of film under tensile stress was higher than that of stress-free film. Also, a stress-sensitive deformation morphology around the indenter-thin film contact was proposed. Finally, the in-plane residual stress in thin film was directly calculated from the change in the normal applied load arising from stress relaxation. The stresses for diamond-like carbon (DLC) and Au films evaluated under the proposed analytical model agreed well with the residual stresses measured by the conventional curvature method.