N. Schwarzer et al., THE ELASTIC INDENTATION OF COATING-SUBSTRATE SYSTEMS WITH LARGE DIFFERENCE IN THE YOUNG MODULI, Physica status solidi. a, Applied research, 145(2), 1994, pp. 379-383
A theoretical and experimental analysis of the elastic indentation tes
t (spherical indenter) of coated substrates is performed. An analytic
solution of the problem is used to calculate both the deformation of t
he stresses in the substrate and the thin film. In particular, the str
ess distribution in the interface between coating and substrate is inv
estigated in detail. The Mises criterion for plastic deformation of sp
ecial substrate-film conbinations is calculated, too.