Composition mediated serration dynamics in Zr-based bulk metallic glasses

Z. Wang, J. W. Qiao, H. Tian, B. A. Sun, B. C. Wang, B. S. Xu, M. W. Chen

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    Abstract

    The composition mediated serration dynamics in Zr-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is investigated by statistics analyses of the elastic-energy density, and free volumes during shear-banding are beneficial to understand serrated-flow behavior. The amplitude and elastic-energy density display a gradually increasing and then decreasing trend with increasing the content of Zr. It is based on the free-volume theory describing the atomic-level structure of ternary Zr-Cu-Al BMGs. The good agreement between the molecular dynamics simulation and experimental results provides evidence for the variation of free volumes as the elementary mechanism of composition mediated serration dynamics.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number201902
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume107
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015 Nov 16

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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