Mechanics glossary. 2013.
Vickers hardness test — Vickers hardness test. См. Определение твердости по Виккерсу. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
Vickers hardness test — A Vickers hardness tester The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1924 by Smith and Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure the hardness of materials.[1] The Vickers test is often easier to use than other… … Wikipedia
vickers hardness test — ˈvikə(r)z noun Usage: usually capitalized V Etymology: probably from Vickers Armstrong Ltd., British steel manufacturing concern : an indentation hardness test for metals in which a 136 degree diamond pyramid is pressed into the surface of the… … Useful english dictionary
Meyer hardness test — This graph shows the differences between the Brinell hardness test and the Meyer hardness test. Notice that the Brinell test can report the same hardness value for a given specimen twice depending on the load. The Meyer hardness test is a rarely… … Wikipedia
Barcol hardness test — The Barcol hardness test characterizes the indentation hardness of materials through the depth of penetration of an indentor, loaded on a material sample and compared to the penetration in a reference material. The method is most often used for… … Wikipedia
Knoop hardness test — The Knoop hardness test is a microhardness test a test for mechanical hardness used particularly for very brittle materials or thin sheets, where only a small indentation may be made for testing purposes. A pyramidal diamond point is pressed into … Wikipedia
Vickers hardness — ▪ mineralogy a measure of the hardness of a material, calculated from the size of an impression produced under load by a pyramid shaped diamond indenter. Devised in the 1920s by engineers at Vickers, Ltd., in the United Kingdom, the diamond … Universalium
Vickers hardness number — (HV or VHN) or Vickers pyramid number (VPN) a measure of the hardness of a metal introduced by Vickers in 1922. In the Vickers test (suitable for surface hardened metals), a pyramidal diamond is pressed into the material being tested. The… … Dictionary of units of measurement
Vickers (disambiguation) — Vickers may refer to:Organisations*Vickers, a British engineering conglomerate founded in 1828. ** Vickers Limited ** Vickers Armstrongs ** Vickers plc ** Vickers Defence Systems, defence arm of Vickers plc, sold by Rolls Royce plc to Alvis plc… … Wikipedia
Hardness comparison — There are a large number of hardness testing methods available (eg. Vickers, Brinell and Rockwell). Although it is impossible in many cases to give an exact conversion it is possible to give a comparison table. Hardness Comparison Table See also… … Wikipedia
