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Title: Strain accommodation in inelastic deformation of glasses

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 (India)
  2. Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 (India)

Motivated by recent experiments on metallic glasses, we examine the micromechanisms of strain accommodation including crystallization and void formation during inelastic deformation of glasses by employing molecular statics simulations. Our atomistic simulations with Lennard-Jones-like potentials suggests that a softer short range interaction between atoms favors crystallization. Compressive hydrostatic strain in the presence of a shear strain promotes crystallization whereas a tensile hydrostatic strain is found to induce voids. The deformation subsequent to the onset of crystallization includes partial reamorphization and recrystallization, suggesting important atomistic mechanisms of plastic dissipation in glasses.

OSTI ID:
20976649
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 75, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.024203; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English