Structural Irreversibility and Enhanced Brittleness under Fatigue in Zr-Based Amorphous Solids

The effect of fatigue on ZrCuAl amorphous metals induced by mechanical cyclic loading is investigated using inelastic neutron scattering and the pair density function analysis of neutron diffraction data. With cooling, the local atomic structure undergoes reorganization under fatigue that is directl...

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Main Authors: Yiming Qiu, Yunfeng Shi, Hiroshi Kawaji, Yoshihiko Yokoyama, Anna Llobet, Gongyao Wang, Peng Tong, Peter K. Liaw, Despina Louca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-12-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/2/4/529