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Plastic Deformation of Bulk Amorphous Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

L.Q. Xing ,
T.C. Hufnagel  and
K.T. Ramesh
L.Q. Xing
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
T.C. Hufnagel
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
K.T. Ramesh
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Abstract

We have studied plastic deformation, including “serrated flow,” of bulk metallic glasses under quasi-static uniaxial compression. The deformation response is essentially elastic-perfectly plastic, but the “plastic” deformation actually consists of sections of elastic loading separated by abrupt load drops. The load drops are due to the formation of shear bands, which represent the primary mechanism of plastic deformation

In Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Al bulk metallic glasses, fracture occurs after about 1-2% plastic strain, but in Zr-Ta-Cu-Ni-Al metallic glass the plastic strain to failure can be as large as 6-7%. The difference appears to be due a strong tendency for the shear bands in this alloy to branch. The branching presumably reduces the stress concentration on the shear bands, retarding the onset of fracture. No evidence is seen for the formation of crystalline phases in this alloy.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 644: Symposium L – Supercooled Liquid, Bulk Glassy and Nanocrystalline State of Alloys , 2000 , L11.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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