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)
       
Shear stresses at an atomic level under different indenters ( R =2.5 nm (a) and 17.5 nm (b)) immediately prior to the onsets of plasticity. All values are in the units of GPa.