Indenter size effect on the reversible incipient plasticity of Al (001) surface: Quasicontinuum study
Tang Dana),b), Shao Yu-Fei†b), Li Jiu-Huic), Zhao Xingc), Qi Yang‡a)
       
Responses under two indenters. (a) Contact force, (b) contact pressure, (c) strain energy, R =2.5 nm, (d) strain energy, R =17.5 nm. Black arrows in these subfigures indicate the onsets of plasticity.