Loading-rate-independent delay of catastrophic avalanches in a bulk metallic glass

Chen, S. H.; Chan, K. C.; Wang, G.; Wu, F. F.; Xia, L.; Ren, J. L.; Li, J.; Dahmen, K. A.; Liaw, P. K.

doi:10.1038/srep21967

Title: Loading-rate-independent delay of catastrophic avalanches in a bulk metallic glass

Journal Article · Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21967· OSTI ID:1252965

Chen, S. H. ^[1]; Chan, K. C. ^[1]; Wang, G. ^[2]; Wu, F. F. ^[3]; Xia, L. ^[1]; Ren, J. L. ^[4]; Li, J. ^[2]; Dahmen, K. A. ^[5]; Liaw, P. K. ^[6]

The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Kowloon (Hong Kong)
Shanghai Univ., Shanghai (China)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Kowloon (Hong Kong); Liaoning Univ. of Technology, Jinzhou (China)
Zhengzhou Univ., Zhengzhou (China)
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

The plastic flow of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is characterized by intermittent bursts of avalanches, and this trend results in disastrous failures of BMGs. In the present work, a double-side-notched BMG specimen is designed, which exhibits chaotic plastic flows consisting of several catastrophic avalanches under the applied loading. The disastrous shear avalanches have, then, been delayed by forming a stable plastic-flow stage in the specimens with tailored distances between the bottoms of the notches, where the distribution of a complex stress field is acquired. Differing from the conventional compressive testing results, such a delaying process is independent of loading rate. The statistical analysis shows that in the specimens with delayed catastrophic failures, the plastic flow can evolve to a critical dynamics, making the catastrophic failure more predictable than the ones with chaotic plastic flows. Lastly, the findings are of significance in understanding the plastic-flow mechanisms in BMGs and controlling the avalanches in relating solids.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Contributing Organization:: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Shangahi University, China; Liaoning University, China; Zhengzhou University, China; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (USA)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0008855

OSTI ID:: 1252965

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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