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Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Abstract
merrypopins is a Python library that streamlines nanoindentation data processing, automated pop-in detection, and statistical analysis of collections of pop-in events.Nanoindentation deforms materials experimentally to characterise their behaviour and quantify mechanical properties from load-displacement data (Oliver & Pharr, 1992, 2004).Experiments performed with a spherical tip can also be used to construct stress-strain curves and, by extension, determine the yield point, defining the transition from elastic to plastic deformation (Kalidindi & Pathak, 2008;Pathak & Kalidindi, 2015).Understanding the onset of plasticity at the microscale matters for applications in engineered materials and earthquake mechanics.A common feature during the loading part of these experiments is a sudden increase of indentation depth at constant force, called a "pop-in".Recognising pop-ins by hand is labour-intensive and subjective, which makes automated, reproducible detection important.
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