The deformation and flow of disordered solids, such as metallic glasses and concentrated
emulsions, involves swift localized rearrangements of particles that induce a long-range …

We present results on a series of two-dimensional atomistic computer simulations of
amorphous systems subjected to simple shear in the athermal, quasistatic limit. The …

We propose a dynamical theory of low-temperature shear deformation in amorphous solids.
Our analysis is based on molecular-dynamics simulations of a two-dimensional, two …

We discuss avalanche and finite-size fluctuations in a mesoscopic model to describe the
shear plasticity of amorphous materials. Plastic deformation is assumed to occur through …

An extremal model for the plasticity of amorphous materials is studied in a simple two-
dimensional antiplane geometry. The steady state is analyzed through numerical …

We combine an analytically solvable mean-field elasto-plastic model with molecular
dynamics simulations of a generic glass former to demonstrate that, depending on their …

A number of current theories of plasticity in amorphous solids assume at their basis that
plastic deformations are spatially localized. We present in this paper a series of numerical …

The elastic coupling between plastic events is generally invoked to interpret plastic
properties and the failure of amorphous soft glassy materials. We report an experiment …

A two dimensional amorphous material is modeled as an assembly of mesoscopic
elemental pieces coupled together to form an elastically coherent structure. Plasticity is …

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