The influence of rolling and high-pressure torsion in the Bridgman chamber on the quantitative characteristics of shear bands in an amorphous Zr-based alloy


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Amorphous alloys based on metal components demonstrate a unique ability to realize plastic deformation under the influence of external mechanical stresses. Influenced by substantial degrees of plastic deformation in alloys, one can observe shear bands (SB) in the form of rough lines on the polished surface of the sample. The concept of shear band formation in amorphous metallic glasses varies greatly from plastic deformation processes in crystalline metals and alloys. Unlike crystalline metals, amorphous metallic glasses can exist in a spectrum of structural states with accompanying mechanical, thermodynamic, and physical properties of materials. The formation and evolution of shear bands control the fluidity and plasticity of almost all metallic glasses at room temperature, and in many cases, the formation of dominant shear bands rapidly leads to failure. The literature does not contain any rigorous quantitative description of SB main parameters, which could adequately describe in the analytical form the process of plastic deformation of amorphous alloys, similar to the dislocation and disclination theories of plastic deformation of crystals. An open question remains how the transition from macroscopic deformation to severe plastic deformations of amorphous alloys affects the key SB characteristics. In this work, using the method of optical profilometry, the author studied in detail the quantitative characteristics of the steps formed by shear bands on the surface of deformed samples of the massive amorphous alloy Zr60Ti2Nb2Cu18.5Ni7.5Al10 after high-pressure torsion (HPT) and after rolling. The study identified that the design of shear bands depends on the deformation method and showed that the magnitude of deformation had the controlling effect on the shear bands thickness (the height of the steps). The transition from deformation by rolling (e=0.4) to plastic deformation during HPT (e=2.6) leads to the threefold increase in the power of shear bands and the average distance between them.

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Irina A. Khriplivets

National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow (Russia)

Author for correspondence.
Email: misshriplivets@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9494-9000

postgraduate student of Chair of Physical Materials Science

Russian Federation

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