Yield stress fluids (YSFs) display a dual nature highlighted by the existence of a critical
stress σ y such that YSFs are solid for stresses σ imposed below σ y, whereas they flow like …

Yielding behavior in amorphous solids has been investigated in computer simulations using
uniform and cyclic shear deformation. Recent results characterize yielding as a …

This paper starts with a systematic rederivation of the statistical thermodynamic equations of
motion for dislocation-mediated plasticity proposed in 2010 by Langer, Bouchbinder, and …

The chaotic dynamics describes how a small change of initial conditions can result in a large
difference in a deterministic nonlinear system, ie, the “butterfly effect.” Through a …

Amorphous solids are ubiquitous among natural and man-made materials. Often used as
structural materials for their attractive mechanical properties, their utility depends critically on …

We develop a theoretical description based on an existent mean-field model for the transient
dynamics prior to the steady flow of yielding materials. The mean-field model not only …

We study the solid-to-liquid transition in a two-dimensional fully periodic soft-glassy model
with an imposed spatially heterogeneous stress. The model we consider consists of droplets …

Plastic yielding of amorphous solids occurs by power-law distributed deformation
avalanches whose universality is still debated. Experiments and molecular dynamics …

We observe that the stress relaxation of metallic glasses below glass transition temperatures
presents a universal double power-law decay behavior, indicating that relaxation dynamics …

We study stress time series caused by plastic avalanches in athermally sheared disordered
materials. Using particle-based simulations and a mesoscopic elastoplastic model, we …