Chapter 1. Contact Mechanics
Chapter 2. Nanoindentation Testing
Chapter 3. Analysis of Nanoindentation Test Data
Chapter 4. Factors Affecting Nanoindentation Test Data
Chapter 5. Simulation of Nanoindentation Test Data
Chapter 6. Scaling Relationships in Nanoindentation
Chapter 7. Methods of Nanoindentation Testing
Chapter 8. Nanoindentation Test Standards
Chapter 9. Nanoindentation Test Instruments
Chapter 10. Examples of Nanoindentation Testing
Appendix 1. Elastic Indentation Stress Fields
Appendix 2. Surface Forces, Adhesion and Friction
Appendix 3. Common Indenter Geometries

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