Figure 2: The displacement field under the indentation.
From: Quantifying yield behaviour in metals by X-ray nanotomography
(a) Measured by digital volume correlation of X-ray computed tomographs. The tomograph has been virtually sliced along orthogonal planes passing through the deepest point of indent to exhibit the contrast from distributions of yttrium-rich particles in the microstructure. Contours of the vertical (downwards) displacement (Uy) in those vertical planes, obtained from the 3D displacement field, are overlaid on the image; (b) an example of a finite element (FE) simulation of the nanoindentation experiment. The vertical (downwards) displacement (Uy) field is presented in the orthogonal planes that pass through the deepest point of the indentation.
