Particle rearrangement and softening contributions to the nonlinear mechanical response of glasses
Fan M, Zhang K, Schroers J, Shattuck MD, O'Hern CS. Particle rearrangement and softening contributions to the nonlinear mechanical response of glasses. Physical Review E 2017, 96: 032602. PMID: 29346996, DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.032602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMechanical responseStress lossParticle rearrangementGlass configurationRapid stress dropStress-strain curvesNonlinear mechanical responsePlastic flow regimeStrain curvesSlow cooling rateElastic regimeLarge strainsShear strainSmall strainsFlow regimeBinary Lennard-Jones glassCooling rateNumerical simulationsPure shearStrain directionAmorphous materialsGlassEnergy lossLennard-Jones glassStress drop