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

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3620-3627

  Zheng, Han ^a   Li, Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK METALLIC GLASS; CATASTROPHIC FRACTURE; CRITICAL SIZE; FRACTURE SURFACES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MACHINE STIFFNESS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; SAMPLE SIZES; SERRATED FLOW; SMALL SAMPLES; TEMPERATURE RISE; VEIN PATTERN;

FRACTURE; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 77952606223     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0442     Document Type: Review

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