Evaluation of interfacial adhesion property for thin hard films with fuzzy method

Abstract

According to nanoscratch results for the TiN film, an evaluation method for interfacial fracture toughness of thin hard films is presented with fuzzy concepts, which can account for such influential factors in scratch test as surface roughness and material imperfection. Based on configuration changes in scratching curves, the parameters R _V and R _F are defined as the relative ratios of tip vertical displacement and of friction coefficinet. Fuzzy features of the scratching curves are analyzed carefully. The critical load is deduced from fuzzy logic operations and used to calculate the value of interfacial fracture toughness. With this method, the interfacial fracture toughness of TiN/HSS is evaluated approximately as 4.18 MPam^1/2. Results show that the method is valid and can benefit the interfacial adhesion property investigation for thin hard films.

Keywords

interfacial adhesion / thin hard films / critical load / fuzzy evaluation

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