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 language | English |
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Article number | 201902 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Nov 16 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)