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The commercially available software package Elastica has been used to calculate the von Mises stresses in steel as well as in titanium nitride (TiN) and nickel coated aluminium subjected to spherical indentation. Uncoated steel of three different yield strengths was used as reference material, and indenters of different radii were utilised. The critical loads for plastic deformation arrived at were then applied to an Al alloy coated with 5 μ m TiN, and any yield was detected. In cases where the TiN coating could not protect the Al alloy from plastic flow, the required thickness of an intermediate nickel layer was calculated. It was found that with sharp indenters, it is possible to obtain the same critical load for onset of plastic deformation for TiN coated aluminium as for uncoated hardened steels. When the radius of the indenter is large, however, this is not possible owing to the limited thickness of the TiN coating. With the introduction of an intermediate load carrying nickel layer between the aluminium base material and the thin TiN coating the critical load for onset of plastic deformation can be increased.

Spherical indentation ex periments have been performed materials. It was also found that with a stiV layer on a more compliant base material, an intermediate layer on aluminium and steel specimens. Some of the specimens were layered with electroplated nickel and that was too thin would decrease the load carrying capacity as compared with the homogeneous base all were surface coated with thin vapour deposited WC/C. T he ex perimental results were compared with material case. Finally, although not including plastic deformation, the analytical elastic calculations proved simulations made with the commercially available Elastica software package. T he aim of the study was to be valuable for the interpretation of the ex perimental results. SE/426 to investigate how an intermediate load carrying layer between a soft and compliant base material and a thin brittle coating can improve the resistance to plastic thickness and suitable mechanical properties improves the load carrying capacity of soft and compliant base

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