Abstract
All bulk metallic glasses exhibit a large and almost universal elastic strain limit. Here, we show that the magnitude of the yield strain of the glass state can be quantitatively derived from a characteristic property of the flow state typical in running shear bands (the root cause of yielding). The strain in the shear flow is mostly plastic, but associated with it there is an effective elastic atomic strain. The latter is almost identical for very different model systems in our molecular dynamics simulations, such that the corresponding yield strain is universal at any given homologous temperature.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 011912 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 104 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
Funding
This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, under Contract No. NSF-DMR-0904188. Y.Q.C was supported by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, under Contract No. NSF-DMR-0904188. Y.Q.C was supported by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
Funders | Funder number |
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Office of Basic Energy Sciences | |
Scientific User Facilities Division | |
US National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Division of Materials Research | NSF-DMR-0904188 |