Deformation and flow of amorphous solids: Insights from elastoplastic models

A Nicolas, EE Ferrero, K Martens, JL Barrat - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
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 …

Micro-plasticity and recent insights from intermittent and small-scale plasticity

R Maaß, PM Derlet - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Prior to macroscopic yielding, most materials undergo a regime of plastic activity that cannot
be resolved in conventional bulk deformation experiments. In this pre-yield, or micro-plastic …

Mesoscopic-scale complexity in macroscopically-uniform plastic flow of an Al0. 3CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy

J Brechtl, R Feng, PK Liaw, B Beausir, H Jaber… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of a smooth and homogeneous plastic flow of solids is nowadays constantly
challenged by various observations of the self-organization of crystal defects on mesoscopic …

Dislocation avalanches are like earthquakes on the micron scale

PD Ispánovity, D Ugi, G Péterffy, M Knapek… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Compression experiments on micron-scale specimens and acoustic emission (AE)
measurements on bulk samples revealed that the dislocation motion resembles a stick-slip …

Avalanches and plastic flow in crystal plasticity: an overview

S Papanikolaou, Y Cui, N Ghoniem - Modelling and Simulation in …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Crystal plasticity is mediated through dislocations, which form knotted configurations in a
complex energy landscape. Once they disentangle and move, they may also be impeded by …

[HTML][HTML] Grain scale bursts of plasticity in Mg-4Zn via high energy X-rays: Towards twin observation in real-time

MR Barnett, J Wang, SR Kada, A de Vaucorbeil… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The elastic-plastic transition in magnesium alloy Mg-4.5 Zn is marked by bursts of
deformation. A relatively short exposure time (44 ms) polychromatic transmission Laue …

[HTML][HTML] Multibranches of acoustic emission as identifier for deformation mechanisms in additively manufactured 316l stainless steel

Y Chen, B Gou, X Xu, X Ding, J Sun, EKH Salje - Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
The multiple collapse mechanisms of complex materials produced by additive
manufacturing (AM) were identified by measurements of the acoustic emission (AE) of the …

[HTML][HTML] On identifying dynamic length scales in crystal plasticity

D Berta, D Kurunczi-Papp, L Laurson, PD Ispánovity - Acta Materialia, 2025 - Elsevier
Materials are often heterogeneous at various length scales, with variations in grain structure,
defects, and composition which has a strong influence on the emergent macroscopic plastic …

Taming intermittent plasticity at small scales

P Zhang, OU Salman, JY Zhang, G Liu, J Weiss… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The extreme miniaturization in modern technology calls for deeper insights into the non-
conventional, fluctuation dominated mechanics of materials operating at microscale. For …

Dislocation dynamics in a nickel-based superalloy via in-situ transmission scanning electron microscopy

JC Stinville, ER Yao, PG Callahan, J Shin, F Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Micro-tensile specimens of nickel-based superalloy oligocrystals were tested in-situ in an
scanning electron microscope in transmission mode (TSEM) enabling observation of …