Mechanical behavior of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass and its composite at cryogenic temperatures

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 445-452

  Fan, Cang ^a   Gao, Y F ^a,b   Li, H Q ^a   Choo, H ^a,b   Liaw, Peter K ^a   Inoue, A ^c   Liu, C T ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR BANDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; REVERSE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 33947262476     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0054     Document Type: Article

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