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Cooperative shear and catastrophic fracture of bulk metallic glasses from a shear-band instability perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Zheng Han  and
Yi Li
Yi Li*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576 Singapore
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mseliy@nus.edu.sg
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Abstract

The morphology of the fracture surfaces of a bulk metallic glass (BMG) tested under compression was systematically studied. Experimental results showed that the fracture surface always comprises two kinds of zones, starting with a relatively smooth zone followed by the second zone with vein patterns. It implies strongly that the plastic deformation of BMGs always starts with a cooperative shear. The following catastrophic fracture characterized by the vein patterns may or may not occur, depending on the magnitude of this shear, which is controlled by the sample size and machine stiffness. This phenomenon was interpreted based on the temperature rise resulting from the work done during the cooperative shear. It revealed that for small samples, the shear is so small that the temperature increase is insignificant, accounting for the extensive serrated flow, while the temperature increase in samples beyond a critical size is sufficiently high so that the temperatures are higher than the glass transition temperature or even the melting temperature, leading to catastrophic fracture.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 12 , December 2009 , pp. 3620 - 3627
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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