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 study theoretically the dynamical process of yielding in cyclically sheared amorphous
materials, within a thermal elastoplastic model and the soft glassy rheology model. Within …

The accumulation of plastic deformation and flow localization in amorphous alloys under
periodic shear are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. We study a well …

We study the absorbing state transition in particulate systems under spatially
inhomogeneous driving using a modified random organization model. For smoothly varying …

The discovery that memory of particle configurations and plastic events can be stored in
amorphous solids subject to oscillatory shear has spurred research into methods for storing …

Applying constant tensile stress to a piece of amorphous solid results in a slow extension,
followed by an eventual rapid mechanical collapse. This “creep” process is of paramount …

In mechanical engineering Wöhler plots serve to measure the average number of load
cycles before materials break, as a function of the maximal stress in each cycle. Although …

In this thesis we study mean field elastoplastic models to understand athermal amorphous
solids, which show complex slow relaxation (aging) phenomena and intricate mechanical …