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The polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) subjected to hygrothermal aging was applied to nanoindentation tests under different indentation strain rates. The influences of hygrothermal aging on the indentation behaviors of PMMA are discussed. Results show that the indentation elastic modulus and hardness decrease with increasing aging time. Furthermore, the indentation size effects (ISE) can be observed in aged PMMA specimens as they are sensitive to aging time as well as to the indentation strain rate. The quantitative analysis of ISE is proposed on the basis of shear transformation-mediated plasticity and was presented in our companion paper.

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Investigation on the Influences of Hygrothermal Aging on the Indentation Size Effects and Micro-Indentation Measurements of PMMA. Part I: Experimental Results