Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dzt6s Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-28T06:24:11.457Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Rate dependence of shear banding and serrated flows in a bulk metallic glass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

W.H. Jiang*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
G.J. Fan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
F.X. Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
G.Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
H. Choo
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; and Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
P.K. Liaw
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: wjiang5@utk.edu
Get access

Abstract

Using an infrared camera, we observed in situ dynamic shear-banding operations during compression of a bulk metallic glass at various strain rates. We demonstrated that the shear-banding events are highly dependent on strain rates, either intermittent at the lower strain rate or successive at the higher strain rate. Serrated plastic-flow behaviors are a result of shear-banding operations. These observations provide a new insight into inhomogeneous deformation of metallic glasses.

Type
Rapid Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1Greer, A.L.: Metallic glasses. Science 267, 1947 (1995).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2Peker, A. and Johnson, W.L.: A highly processable metallic glass: Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5. Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 2342 (1993).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3Inoue, A., Zhang, T., and Takeuchi, A.: Ferrous and nonferrous bulk amorphous alloys. Mater. Sci. Forum 269–272, 855 (1998).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4Johnson, W.L.: Bulk glass-forming metallic alloys: Science and technology. MRS Bull. 24(10), 42 (1999).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5Johnson, W.L.: Bulk amorphous metal—An emerging engineering material. JOM 54(3), 40 (2002).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6Spaepen, F.: A microscopic mechanism for steady state inhomogeneous flow in metallic glasses. Acta Metall. 25, 407 (1977).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7Argon, A.S.: Plastic deformation in metallic glasses. Acta Metall. 27, 47 (1979).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
8Mukai, T., Nieh, T.G., Kawamura, Y., Inoue, A., and Higashi, K.: Effect of strain rate on compressive behavior of a Pd40Ni40P20 bulk metallic glass. Intermetallics 10, 1071 (2002).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
9Schuh, C.A. and Nieh, T.G.: A nanoindentation study of serrated flow in bulk metallic glasses. Acta Mater. 51, 87 (2003).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
10Schuh, C.A., Lund, A.C., and Nieh, T.G.: New regime of homogeneous flow in the deformation map of metallic glasses: Elevated temperature nanoindentation experiments and mechanistic modeling. Acta Mater. 52, 5879 (2004).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
11Zhang, G.P., Wang, W., Zhang, B., Tan, J., and Liu, C.S.: On rate-dependent serrated flow behavior in amorphous metals during nanoindentation. Scripta Mater. 52, 1147 (2005).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
12Schuh, C.A., Argon, A.S., Nieh, T.G., and Wadsworth, J.: The transition from localized to homogeneous plasticity during nanoindentation of an amorphous metal. Philos. Mag. 83, 2585 (2003).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
13Chen, H.S.: Plastic flow in metallic glasses under compression. Scripta Metall. 7, 931 (1973).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
14Kimura, H. and Masumoto, T.: A model of the mechanics of serrated flow in an amorphous alloy. Acta Metall. 31, 231 (1983).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
15Wright, W.J., Schwarz, R.B., and Nix, W.D.: Localized heating during serrated plastic flow in bulk metallic glasses. Mater. Sci. Eng., A 319–321, 229 (2001).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
16Wright, W.J., Saha, R., and Nix, W.D.: Deformation mechanisms of the Zr40Ti14Ni10Cu12Be24 bulk metallic glass. Mater. Trans., JIM 42, 642 (2001).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
17Kimura, H. and Masumoto, T.: Deformation and fracture of an amorphous Pd-Cu-Si alloy in V-notch bending tests—I. Model mechanics of inhomogeneous plastic flow in non-strain hardening solid. Acta Metall. 28, 1663 (1980).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
18Kimura, H. and Masumoto, T.: Deformation and fracture of an amorphous Pd–Cu–Si alloy in V-notch bending tests—II. Ductile-brittle transition. Acta Metall. 28, 1677 (1980).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
19Hufnagel, T.C., El-Deiry, P., and Vinci, R.P.: Development of shear band structure during deformation of a Zr57Ti15Cu20Ni8Al10 bulk metallic glass. Scripta Mater. 43, 1071 (2000).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
20Golovin, Y.I., Ivolgin, V.I., Khonik, V.A., Kitagawa, K., and Tyurin, A.I.: Serrated plastic flow during nanoindentation of a bulk metallic glass. Scripta Mater. 45, 947 (2001).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
21Schuh, C.A., Nieh, T.G., and Kawamura, Y.: Rate dependence of serrated flow during nanoindentation of a bulk metallic glass. J. Mater. Res. 17, 1651 (2002).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
22Jiang, W.H. and Atzmon, M.: Rate dependence of serrated flow in a metallic glass. J. Mater. Res. 18, 755 (2003).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
23Kimura, H. and Masumoto, T.: A model of the mechanics of shear-crack propagation in tearing for amorphous metals. II. Kinetics of inhomogeneous flow. Philos. Mag. A 44, 1021 (1981).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
24Zhang, Z.F., Eckert, J., and Schultz, L.: Difference in compressive and tensile fracture mechanisms of Zr59Cu20Al10Ni8Ti3 bulk metallic glass. Acta Mater. 51, 1167 (2003).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
25Zhang, Z.F., Zhang, H., Pan, X.F., Das, J., and Eckert, J.: Effect of aspect ratio of Zr-based bulk metallic glass. Philos. Mag. Lett. 85, 513 (2005).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
26Yang, B., Liaw, P.K., Wang, G.Y., Morrison, M.L., Liu, C.T., Buchanan, R.A., and Yokoyama, Y.: In situ thermographic observation of mechanical damage in bulk metallic glasses during fatigue and tensile experiments. Intermetallics 12, 1265 (2004).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
27Yang, B., Morrison, M.L., Liaw, P.K., Raymond, R.A., Wang, G.Y., Liu, C.T., and Denda, M.: Dynamic evolution of nanoscale shear bands in a bulk metallic glass. Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 141904 (2005).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
28Lewandowski, J.J. and Greer, A.L.: Temperature rise at shear bands in metallic glasses. Nat. Mater. 5, 15 (2006).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
29Jiang, W.H., Fan, G.J., Choo, H., and Liaw, P.K.: Ductility of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass with different specimen’s geometries. Mater. Lett. (2006, in press).Google Scholar
30Hays, C.C., Kim, C.P., and Johnson, W.L.: Microstructure controlled shear band pattern formation and enhanced plasticity of bulk metallic glasses containing in situ formed ductile phase dendrite dispersions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2901 (2000).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed