Nonlinear Response and Avalanche Behavior in Metallic Glasses
by Birte Riechers
Date of Examination:2017-06-07
Date of issue:2017-08-29
Advisor:Prof. Dr. Konrad Samwer
Referee:Prof. Dr. Konrad Samwer
Referee:Prof. Dr. Cynthia A. Volkert
Referee:Prof. Dr. Jörg Löffler
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English
The response to different stress amplitudes at temperatures below the glass transition temperature is measured by mechanical oscillatory excitation of Pd40Ni40P20 metallic glass samples in single cantilever bending geometry. The data is analyzed by two different approaches of evaluation, first the interpretation of the response signal in terms of a nonlinear expansion, and second the incremental analysis in terms of avalanche dynamics. Both approaches of evaluation are compared regarding common aspects and limits. The incremental analysis yields experimental evidence supporting the occurrence of plastic events which even occur in the linear response regime of the stress-strain-relation. The nonlinear approach illustrates clearly that stress and temperature have a similar effect of pushing the material further towards the yielding transition and thus to a more compliant behavior.
Keywords: Nonlinear mechanical metallic glass avalanche power law stress temperature plastic elastic strain modulus