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Effect of Loading Rate on Failure in Bulk Metallic Glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

T. Jiao
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
C. Fan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
L.J. Kecskes
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005–5069, USA
T.C. Hufnagel
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
K.T. Ramesh
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Abstract

We have investigated failure in bulk metallic glass-forming alloys under dynamic compression. We implemented a recovery technique for the compression Kolsky bar to obtain dynamically deformed, intact specimens at various stages of deformation; this allows us to characterize the development of failure. We have also used high-speed photography to examine the failure process during the recovery experiments. The experimental results indicate that the failure under dynamic loading is somewhat different from that under quasi-static loading. Specimens subjected to quasistatic deformation developed multiple shear bands and substantial plastic deformations, while specimens subjected to dynamic (—strain rate ∼103 s-1) compressive loading fail by fracture along one dominant shear band. The mechanisms of dynamic failure in bulk metallic glasses are discussed on the basis of these experimental results.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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