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	Dureza Vickers	Microscopia de Força Atômica	Análise por Elementos Finitos
Área	Ciência dos materiais	Ciência dos materiais	Ciência dos materiais
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ano de origem	1922	1986	1943
Autor original	Smith and Sandland	Gerd Binnig	Richard Courant
Tipo	Hardness test	Imaging technique	Computational method
Fonte seminal	Smith, E., & Sandland, G. E. (1922). An accurate method of determining the hardness of metals with particular reference to high-hardness alloys. The Institution of Steel Engineers, 8, 623-641.	Binnig, G., Quate, C. F., & Gerber, C. (1986). Atomic force microscope. Physical Review Letters, 56(9), 930-933.	Zienkiewicz, O. C., & Taylor, R. L. (1977). The Finite Element Method in Engineering Science. McGraw-Hill.
Outros nomes	Vickers hardness test, Vickers microhardness, HV	AFM, scanning probe microscopy, nanoindentation microscopy	FEA, finite element method
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Resumo	Vickers Hardness testing is a mechanical characterization technique for determining material hardness by pressing a diamond pyramid indenter into a material surface under controlled load and measuring the resulting indent dimensions. Invented by Smith and Sandland in 1922, Vickers hardness is applicable across an enormous hardness range (1-2000 HV) using the same indenter geometry at different loads. It is the most versatile hardness test, widely used in materials science, metallurgy, and quality control for assessing material strength and comparing alloy performance.	Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a scanning probe technique that measures nanoscale surface topography and mechanical properties by monitoring interactions between a sharp cantilever tip and a sample surface. Invented by Gerd Binnig in 1986 as an extension of scanning tunneling microscopy, AFM requires neither electrical conductivity nor vacuum operation, making it applicable to virtually any material. It provides three-dimensional topographic maps with sub-nanometer vertical resolution and lateral resolution approaching nanometers, along with simultaneous measurements of mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties.	Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a numerical technique for obtaining approximate solutions to boundary value problems described by differential equations. Developed systematically by Richard Courant in 1943 and popularized by Clough in the 1960s, FEA divides a complex domain into smaller, simpler elements to solve engineering problems involving stress, strain, heat transfer, and fluid flow. It is the dominant computational method in materials science for predicting material behavior under various loading conditions.