... 11 1 4.4.5 Work of Indentation and Fracture Energy 11 2 4.5 Conclusion Reference Chapter 5: Comparison of the Finite Element Simulation and Experiments of Wedge Indentation Test 11 8 12 0 12 3 5 .1 ... Mater Res., 12 , p .19 00 -19 10, (19 97) 11 M.D Drory and J.W Hutchinson, Science, 263, p .17 53 -17 55, (19 94) 12 M.D Drory and J.W Hutchinson, Proc R Soc London, Ser A, 452, p.2 319 23 41, (19 96) 13 M.R Elizalde, ... 16 0 7 .1 Correlation Study on RuO2/Si System 16 1 7.2 Interfacial Toughness of RuO2/Si System 16 4 7.3 Conclusion 16 8 Reference Chapter 8: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations 17 0 17 1 8 .1 Interfacial...