Deformation of metallic glasses: Recent developments in theory, simulations, and experiments

TC Hufnagel, CA Schuh, ML Falk - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
We review recent research into elastic and plastic deformation of metallic glasses, with an
emphasis on making connections between developments in theory and simulation (largely …

Deformation and failure of amorphous, solidlike materials

ML Falk, JS Langer - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2011 - annualreviews.org
Since the 1970s, theories of deformation and failure of amorphous, solidlike materials have
started with models in which stress-driven, molecular rearrangements occur at localized flow …

Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length scale and time scale

D Rodney, A Tanguy… - Modelling and Simulation …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the recent literature on the simulation of the structure and deformation of
amorphous solids, including oxide and metallic glasses. We consider simulations at different …

Imaging atomic rearrangements in two-dimensional silica glass: watching silica's dance

PY Huang, S Kurasch, JS Alden, A Shekhawat… - science, 2013 - science.org
Structural rearrangements control a wide range of behavior in amorphous materials, and
visualizing these atomic-scale rearrangements is critical for develo** and refining models …

Plasticity of a scandium-based nanoglass

XL Wang, F Jiang, H Hahn, J Li, H Gleiter, J Sun… - Scripta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of a Sc 75 Fe 25 nanoglass and monolithic metallic glass (MG)
with identical chemical composition were investigated by means of nanoindentation tests …

Shear transformation zone dynamics model for metallic glasses incorporating free volume as a state variable

L Li, ER Homer, CA Schuh - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
A mesoscale model, shear transformation zone dynamics (STZ dynamics), is employed to
investigate the connections between the structure and deformation of metallic glasses. The …

Yielding of glass under shear: A directed percolation transition precedes shear-band formation

GP Shrivastav, P Chaudhuri, J Horbach - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
Under external mechanical loading, glassy materials, ranging from soft matter systems to
metallic alloys, often respond via formation of inhomogeneous flow patterns, during yielding …

Nanomechanics of slip avalanches in amorphous plasticity

P Cao, KA Dahmen, A Kushima, WJ Wright… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Discrete stress relaxations (slip avalanches) in a model metallic glass under uniaxial
compression are studied using a metadynamics algorithm for molecular simulation at …

Examining the initial stages of shear localization in amorphous metals

ER Homer - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
A mesoscale simulation by shear transformation zone (STZ) dynamics is used to analyze the
initial stages of shear localization in amorphous metals, of which many details remain …

Time-dependent elastic response to a local shear transformation in amorphous solids

F Puosi, J Rottler, JL Barrat - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
The elastic response of a two-dimensional amorphous solid to induced local shear
transformations, which mimic the elementary plastic events occurring in deformed glasses, is …