Influence of size and number of nanocrystals on shear band formation in amorphous alloys

J Park, Y Shibutani, M Wakeda, S Ogata - Materials transactions, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Since the first synthesis of a system with an amorphous phase by the rapid solidification
technique, a great number of amorphous alloys have been produced. 1) The development of …

Anomalous elastic response of amorphous alloys suggesting collective motions of many atoms

H Mizubayashi, T Usui, H Tanimoto - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2004 - Elsevier
The dynamic Young's modulus, E, of amorphous (a-) Zr60Cu30Al10 (numbers indicate at.%)
alloy was measured as a function of frequency, f, with a strain amplitude, εt, of 10− 6, E (10 …

Thermomechanical instability analysis of inhomogeneous deformation in amorphous alloys

YF Gao, B Yang, TG Nieh - Acta materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
Recent experiments have shown that inhomogeneous deformation in amorphous alloys
critically depends on the environmental temperature and the applied strain rate, and that the …

Activity-induced annealing leads to ductile-to-brittle transition in amorphous solids

R Sharma, S Karmakar - arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.17545, 2023 - arxiv.org
Investigating the behavior of amorphous solids under various external loading conditions
continues to be an intriguing area of research with significant practical implications. In this …

Cooling under applied stress rejuvenates amorphous alloys and enhances their ductility

NV Priezjev - Metals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The effect of tensile stress applied during cooling of binary glasses on the potential energy
states and mechanical properties is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. We …

Rejuvenation of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses by ultrasonic vibration-assisted elastic deformation

Y Lou, S Xv, Z Liu, J Ma - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The rejuvenation of Zr52. 5Cu17. 9Ni14. 6Al10Ti5 bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) by
ultrasonic vibration-assisted elastic deformation (UVEF) was studied herein. The UVEF …

Exceptional microscale plasticity in amorphous aluminum oxide at room temperature

EJ Frankberg, A Lambai, J Zhang, J Kalikka… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxide glasses are an elementary group of materials in modern society, but brittleness limits
their wider usability at room temperature. As an exception to the rule, amorphous aluminum …

Investigating Ultrasound-Induced Acoustic Softening of Aluminum 6061

Q Mao, JM Gibert, G Fadel - … and Information in …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Blaha and Langenecker are the first to document the phenomena known as “acoustic
softening”: a significant reduction of static stress in tensile tests when applying longitudinal …

Effect of Voronoi volume on fluctuation at initial deformation of amorphous alloys

SD Feng, W Zhao, W Jiao, PF Yu, G Li, L Qi… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Quasi-static compressive behaviors of three amorphous alloys (Cu 50 Zr 50, Pd 80 Si 20,
and Ni 67 Zr 33) are investigated via molecular dynamics simulations. Compared to the …

Alternating shear orientation during cyclic loading facilitates yielding in amorphous materials

NV Priezjev - Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2020 - Springer
The influence of alternating shear orientation and strain amplitude of cyclic loading on
yielding in amorphous solids is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The …