Nonlinear compliance of elastic layers to indentation

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
Adrian Fessel, Hans-Günther Döbereiner

Abstract

Thin samples adherent to a rigid substrate are considerably less compliant to indentation when compared to specimens that are not geometrically confined. Analytical corrections to this so-called substrate effect exist for various types of indenters but are not applicable when large deformations are possible, as is the case in biological materials. To overcome this limitation, we construct a nonlinear scaling model characterized by one single exponent, which we explore employing a parametric finite element analysis. The model is based on asymptotes of two length scales in relation to the sample thickness, i.e., indentation depth and radius of the contact area. For small indentation depth, we require agreement with analytical, linear models, whereas for large indentation depth and extensive contact area, we recognize similarity to uniaxial deformation, indicating a divergent force required to indent nonlinear materials. In contrast, we find linear materials not to be influenced by the substrate effect beyond first order, implying that nonlinear effects originating from either the material or geometric confinement are clearly separated only in thin samples. Furthermore, in this regime the scaling model can be derived by following ...Continue Reading

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