amorphous materials

Will structural disorder in amorphous material change under mechanical loading?

Submitted by Aman Haque on Sat, 03/22/2014 - 04:28

I would appreciate your comments or pointing to something in the literature on whether mechanical loading changes the magnitude of structural disorder (may be rdf could be a measure) in amorphous materials. Does tension increase 'amorphous-ness' and is the opposite true for compression? Since the network structure is random, should tension and compression yield the same effect (if any)?

I am assuming elastic loading/unloading only.

Many thanks!!

Aman Haque

A new postdoctoral position in the mechanics of glassy/amorphous materials

Submitted by Eran Bouchbinder on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 10:21

non-equilibrium thermodynamics

A new postdoctoral position in the mechanics of glassy/amorphous materials is
available at the Weizmann Institute of Science. The project will focus on
strongly non-linear phenomena such as cavitation, shear-banding and fracture,
with applications to Bulk Metallic Glasses, and will involve advanced

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