The role of annealing in determining the yielding behavior of glasses under cyclic shear deformation [Physics]

Yielding behavior in amorphous solids has been investigated in computer simulations using uniform and cyclic shear deformation. Recent results characterize yielding as a discontinuous transition, with the degree of annealing of glasses being a significant parameter. Under uniform shear, discontinuous changes in stresses at yielding occur in the high annealing...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Physics Physical Sciences Source Type: research