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Beyond Serrated Flow in Bulk Metallic Glasses: What Comes Next?
Summary
This is a materials science article on serrated flow and plastic deformation in bulk metallic glasses, exploring unusual mechanical behavior in these amorphous metals. It is not related to microplastics or environmental science.
Abstract This manuscript is based on an oral contribution to the TMS 2020 annual meeting and is dedicated to Prof. Peter Liaw, who for decades has shown great interest in serrated plastic flow. Here we will focus on the case of bulk metallic glasses, and begin with briefly summarizing some aspects of serrated and non-serrated inhomogeneous flow—a phenomenon that has perplexed materials scientists for decades. Four directions of research are identified that emerged out of the desire to fundamentally understand the intermittent inhomogeneous flow response. These research directions gear away from the phenomenological stress–strain behavior but put the underlying shear defect into focus. Unsolved problems and future research topics are discussed.
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