In this paper we review the work related to amorphization under mechanical stress. Beyond
pressure, we highlight the role of deviatoric or shear stresses. We show that the most recent …

In the last few decades, a variety of brittle materials (ceramics and glasses) have found new
applications in the armor, nuclear and semiconductor, and energy storage industries …

Adiabatic shear band (ASB) is a significant failure mechanism observed in metals and alloys
under impact loading. Though ASB formation has been widely assumed to be a one …

Adiabatic shear band (ASB) is an important failure mode of solid materials, especially for
metal materials under high strain rate loading. In this study, a thermo-elastic-plastic phase …

In Part I, a thermo-elastic-plastic phase-field model is established for describing the
adiabatic shear band (ASB) in metal materials. In this Part II, the developed model is used to …

The phase-field model has proven a promising tool to simulate crack propagation, and
special attention has recently been paid to the prediction of crack nucleation. Dynamic shear …

A micromechanical multi-physics model for ceramics has been recalibrated and used to
simulate impact experiments with boron carbide in abaqus. The dominant physical …

We describe models for the behavior of hot‐pressed boron carbide that is subjected to
extreme dynamic environments such as ballistic impact. We first identify the deformation and …

A finite deformation mechanism-based thermodynamically consistent constitutive framework
is presented for describing the dynamic behaviors of brittle materials under impact loading …

Commercially available boron carbide ceramics typically have heterogeneous
microstructures that contain distributions of processing‐induced inclusions. The inclusions …