Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams

Ductile metallic glass foams (DMGFs) are a new type of structural material with a perfect combination of high strength and toughness. Owing to their disordered atomic-scale microstructures and randomly distributed macroscopic voids, the compressive deformation of DMGFs proceeds through multipl...

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Main Authors: Lin, H., Lu, Chunsheng, Wang, H.Y., Dai, L.H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ROYAL SOC 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81072
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Lu, Chunsheng
Wang, H.Y.
Dai, L.H.
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Lu, Chunsheng
Wang, H.Y.
Dai, L.H.
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description Ductile metallic glass foams (DMGFs) are a new type of structural material with a perfect combination of high strength and toughness. Owing to their disordered atomic-scale microstructures and randomly distributed macroscopic voids, the compressive deformation of DMGFs proceeds through multiple nanoscale shear bands accompanied by local fracture of cellular structures, which induces avalanche-like intermittences in stress–strain curves. In this paper, we present a statistical analysis, including distributions of avalanche size, energy dissipation, waiting times and aftershock sequence, on such a complex dynamic process, which is dominated by shear banding. After eliminating the influence of structural disorder, we demonstrate that, in contrast to the mean-field results of their brittle counterparts, scaling laws in DMGFs are characterized by different exponents. It is shown that the occurrence of non-trivial scaling behaviours is attributed to the localized plastic yielding, which effectively prevents the system from building up a long-range correlation. This accounts for the high structural stability and energy absorption performance of DMGFs. Furthermore, our results suggest that such shear banding dynamics introduce an additional characteristic time scale, which leads to a universal gamma distribution of waiting times.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-810722021-01-19T02:05:55Z Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams Lin, H. Lu, Chunsheng Wang, H.Y. Dai, L.H. Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics metallic glass foam shear banding avalanches MEAN-FIELD THEORY AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCES RAPID SHEAR DEFORMATION FAILURE LOCALIZATION GROWTH STABILITY PARKFIELD MODEL Ductile metallic glass foams (DMGFs) are a new type of structural material with a perfect combination of high strength and toughness. Owing to their disordered atomic-scale microstructures and randomly distributed macroscopic voids, the compressive deformation of DMGFs proceeds through multiple nanoscale shear bands accompanied by local fracture of cellular structures, which induces avalanche-like intermittences in stress–strain curves. In this paper, we present a statistical analysis, including distributions of avalanche size, energy dissipation, waiting times and aftershock sequence, on such a complex dynamic process, which is dominated by shear banding. After eliminating the influence of structural disorder, we demonstrate that, in contrast to the mean-field results of their brittle counterparts, scaling laws in DMGFs are characterized by different exponents. It is shown that the occurrence of non-trivial scaling behaviours is attributed to the localized plastic yielding, which effectively prevents the system from building up a long-range correlation. This accounts for the high structural stability and energy absorption performance of DMGFs. Furthermore, our results suggest that such shear banding dynamics introduce an additional characteristic time scale, which leads to a universal gamma distribution of waiting times. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81072 10.1098/rspa.2020.0186 English ROYAL SOC restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
metallic glass foam
shear banding
avalanches
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCES
RAPID SHEAR
DEFORMATION
FAILURE
LOCALIZATION
GROWTH
STABILITY
PARKFIELD
MODEL
Lin, H.
Lu, Chunsheng
Wang, H.Y.
Dai, L.H.
Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
title Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
title_full Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
title_fullStr Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
title_full_unstemmed Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
title_short Non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
title_sort non-trivial avalanches triggered by shear banding in compression of metallic glass foams
topic Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
metallic glass foam
shear banding
avalanches
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCES
RAPID SHEAR
DEFORMATION
FAILURE
LOCALIZATION
GROWTH
STABILITY
PARKFIELD
MODEL
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81072