Physical aging effects on the dynamic relaxation behavior and mechanical properties of Cu46Zr46Al8 metallic glass

Mechanical relaxation of glassy materials is strongly influenced by their mechanical and physical properties. In the current study, dynamic mechanical relaxation of Cu46Zr46Al8 metallic glass has been investigated by mechanical spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results show that m...

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Authors: Qiao, Jichao, Feng, S. D., Pelletier, J. M., Crespo Artiaga, Daniel|||0000-0003-1743-2400, Pineda Soler, Eloi|||0000-0002-1871-3848, Yao, Yao
Format: article
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/112906
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/112906
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.07.291
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Metal crystals
Mechanical properties
Mechanical spectroscopy
Metallic glasses
Physical aging
Cristalls metàl·lics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Summary:Mechanical relaxation of glassy materials is strongly influenced by their mechanical and physical properties. In the current study, dynamic mechanical relaxation of Cu46Zr46Al8 metallic glass has been investigated by mechanical spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results show that mechanical properties of metallic glasses are highly dependent on their thermal history. a relaxation in the frequency region of the Cu46Zr46Al8 metallic glass was described by Havriliak-Negami (HN) model. In the framework of the quasi-point defects theory, the correlated factor ¿ could be used to characterize the concentration of “defects” of glassy materials. By molecular dynamics simulations of dynamic mechanical tests at different temperatures and frequencies, it is noted that adjusting of defects is inversely correlated to storage modulus at the atomic level. On the other hand, physical aging below the glass transition temperature Tg reduces the concentration of defects and narrows down the width of shear bands, which corresponds to decreasing of the atomic mobility.