Surface Mechanical Property Analysis Facility

这项提议的目的是开发一种用于材料表面力学性能分析的工具。该设备将使人们能够了解材料在广泛的接触和磨损情况下的性能，以及非常小的体积，如薄膜和多相复合材料的组件。拟议设施的独特之处在于，它能够在多种加载形式和温度范围内进行极低的亚微米长度分析。它适用于耐磨材料的设计，微电子和生物医学植入物等应用的超薄表面膜的表征，以及先进复合材料的设计。

The aim of this proposal is to develop a facility for the mechanical properties analysis of material surfaces. The facility will enable an understanding of the performance of materials in a wide range of contact and abrasion situations and in very small volumes such as thin films and components of multiphase composites. The unique features of the proposed facility are that it is capable of analysis down to exceptionally low sub-micron length scale, under multiple forms of loading and over a range of temperatures. It is applicable to the design of abrasion resistant materials, characterisation of very thin surface films for applications such as microelectronics and biomedical implants and design of advanced composites.