Shear-transformation-zone theory of yielding in athermal amorphous materials
Abstract
Yielding transitions in athermal amorphous materials undergoing steady-state shear flow resemble critical phenomena. Historically, they have been described by the Herschel-Bulkley rheological formula, which implies singular behaviors at yield points. In this paper, I examine this class of phenomena using an elementary version of the thermodynamic shear-transformation-zone (STZ) theory, focusing on the role of the effective disorder temperature, and paying special attention to scaling and dimensional arguments. I find a wide variety of Herschel-Bulkley-like rheologies but, for fundamental reasons not specific to the STZ theory, conclude that the yielding transition is not truly critical. Specifically, for realistic many-body models with short-range interactions, there is a correlation length that grows rapidly but ultimately saturates near the yield point.
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- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1223678
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1198731
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC05-00OR-22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1539-3755
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Langer, J. S. Shear-transformation-zone theory of yielding in athermal amorphous materials. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012318.
Langer, J. S. Shear-transformation-zone theory of yielding in athermal amorphous materials. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012318.
Langer, J. S. Wed .
"Shear-transformation-zone theory of yielding in athermal amorphous materials". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012318. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223678.
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title = {Shear-transformation-zone theory of yielding in athermal amorphous materials},
author = {Langer, J. S.},
abstractNote = {Yielding transitions in athermal amorphous materials undergoing steady-state shear flow resemble critical phenomena. Historically, they have been described by the Herschel-Bulkley rheological formula, which implies singular behaviors at yield points. In this paper, I examine this class of phenomena using an elementary version of the thermodynamic shear-transformation-zone (STZ) theory, focusing on the role of the effective disorder temperature, and paying special attention to scaling and dimensional arguments. I find a wide variety of Herschel-Bulkley-like rheologies but, for fundamental reasons not specific to the STZ theory, conclude that the yielding transition is not truly critical. Specifically, for realistic many-body models with short-range interactions, there is a correlation length that grows rapidly but ultimately saturates near the yield point.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012318},
journal = {Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {2015},
month = {7}
}
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