Traceability for indentation measurements in Brinell-Vickers-Knoop hardness
Hardness is an important material property describing a material's resistance to localized deformation from an indenter pressing or scraping against its surface. It is determined by measuring the indentation size realised on the tested material surface. This can be done by different hardness testing methods, like the Brinell, Vickers and Knoop scales. This project will investigate the indentation measurement phenomena for the above-mentioned scales to provide a better defined, more consistent, unified, and reliable measurement and traceability methodology to overcome the inconsistency between national metrology institutes (NMIs) and lower levels of indentation (hardness) measurements. The project outcomes will be used in the next generation of hardness definitions, instrumentation and standardisation to improve the accuracy of material testing in all engineering fields, including aerospace, automotive, health, industry and research and development.
Authors
- Febo Menelao
- R. Affri
- Alessandro Germak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4985-9118)
- Miha Hiti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-7342)
- Francesco Turotti
- Andrea Prato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-4189)
- Janusz D. Fidelus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9996-9484)
- Gianfranco Genta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2983-1196)
- E. Pelit
- Giacomo Maculotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-0426)
- Philipp Reinstädt
- Cihan Kuzu
- J Borovský
- Belma Fakić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6010-0826)
- Amel Alić
- Branka Muminović
- Tatiana Apostol
- Šejla Ališić
- Anton Štibler
- Moritz Loewit
Institutions
- Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (AT)
- Politecnico di Torino (IT)
- Technical University of Moldova (MD)
- University of Zenica (BA)
- Moldova State University (MD)
- Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
- BMI Association (CZ)
- Materialprüfungsamt NRW (Germany) (DE)
- ANT Foundation Italy Onlus (IT)
- Tübitak National Metrology Institute (TR)
- Institute of Applied Physics (MD)
- Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (SI)
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (IT)
- Central Office of Measures (PL)
- Eisai (Italy) (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Measurement Sensors
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measen.2024.101453
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54