Measurement of in-plane deformation by surface inclusion (proposed measuring method and some experimental results)

A new measuring technique is proposed for measuring the in-plane deformation of soft metal surfaces when indented by a hard indenter, using the displacement of inclusions on the soft metal surface as sensors. In in-plane deformation, the soft metal surface flows along the hard indenter surface. In this paper, the principle of this new measuring technique is explained and some example measurements obtained from the experiments with aluminum and copper beryllium alloy plates, are presented.