Here we review recent studies of mechanical metamaterials originating from or closely
related to marginally jammed solids. Unlike previous approaches mainly focusing on the …

We perform molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the effect of a glass preparation
on its yielding transition under oscillatory shear. We use swap Monte Carlo to investigate a …

Disordered materials, like metallic glasses or silicate glasses, have an atomistic amorphous
structure preventing the formation of extended defects such as dislocations. Irreversible …

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

A solid loaded beyond the yield stress loses its elastic properties and becomes plastic. From
a microscopic point of view, this limit corresponds to the condition where plastic regions …

Self-organization, and transitions from reversible to irreversible behavior, of interacting
particle assemblies driven by externally imposed stresses or deformation is of interest in …

We develop a mesoscopic model to study the plastic behavior of an amorphous material
under cyclic loading. The model is depinning-like and driven by a disordered thresholds …

The strength of polycrystal increases as the grain diameter l decreases, ie the Hall–Petch
behaviour. This trend reverses at about 3< l< 15 nm, ie the inverse-Hall–Petch behaviour …

We study a mean field elastoplastic model, embedded within a disordered landscape of
local yield barriers, to shed light on the behavior of athermal amorphous solids subject to …

We consider a model for driven particulate matter in which absorbing states can be reached
both by particle isolation and by particle caging. The model predicts a nonequilibrium phase …