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Brinell hardness

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Bri·nell hardness  (br-nl)
n.
The relative hardness of metals and alloys, determined by forcing a steel ball into a test piece under standard conditions and measuring the surface area of the resulting indentation.

[After Johan August Brinell (1849-1925), Swedish engineer.]


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30-mm) Test Bars Type Property 1 2 3 Brinell hardness 217-220 163-241 130-179 Min.
The rotor shaft is an AISI 4340 forging quenched and tempered to a specified brinell hardness.
Unlike the Brinell hardness test, which is mainly concerned with the average pressure under the indenter and maximum contact radius a, Rockwell hardness is determined by the indentation load, relative depth, and indenter geometry.
 
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