Stick-slip dynamics and recent insights into shear banding in metallic glasses

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1453-1463

  Klaumünzer, David ^a   Maaß, Robert ^a   Löffler, Jörg F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alloy; Amorphous; Ductility

Indexed keywords

FLOW LOCALIZATION; LOW HOMOLOGOUS TEMPERATURES; RECENT PROGRESS; SERRATED FLOW; SHEAR BANDING; SPACE AND TIME; STICK-SLIP; STICK-SLIP DYNAMICS;

ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CERIUM ALLOYS; DUCTILITY; DYNAMICS; GLASS; METALLIC GLASS; PLASTIC FLOW; SLIP FORMING;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 80053933965     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.178     Document Type: Article

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