Three-dimensional shear transformation zone dynamics model for amorphous metals

Author(s):  
Eric R Homer ◽  
Christopher A Schuh
2011 ◽  
Vol 694 ◽  
pp. 723-728
Author(s):  
Yi Zong Dang ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
Qun Bo Fan

The deformation micromechanism of Zr50Cu50 bulk metallic glasses under compress loading is studied by means of molecular dynamics. The modified self part of the Van Hove function is used to evaluate the transport properties of clusters in deformation behaviors. It is found that the instable clusters are restricted by the ‘backbone’, a kind of three dimensional network structure formed by close-pack clusters. Local shear transformation zone (STZ) is initially formed in these instable clusters, merge with each other and generate eventually a whole STZ, which penetrates the glasses matrix when the backbone is destroyed with increasing loading.


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