The Vickers test can be used for all metals and has one of the widest scales among hardness tests. The unit of hardness given by the test is known as theVickers Pyramid Number(HV) orDiamond Pyramid Hardness(DPH). The hardness number can be converted into units of pascals , but should no...
The diagonal of the resulting indention is measured under a microscope and the Vickers hardness value read from a conversion table. View chapterExplore book Seismic rehabilitation steps and practical methods in seismic rehabilitation of existing buildings Reza Mokarram Aydenlou, in Seismic Rehabilitation ...