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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Rheology

Background:

  • Predicting material failure in amorphous solids under shear is crucial but challenging.
  • Local yielding criteria for these materials are not well-established.
  • Disordered materials exhibit complex mechanical behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel method for studying localized yielding in amorphous solids.
  • To investigate the fundamental mechanisms governing material failure.
  • To identify key parameters influencing the yielding process.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the soft matrix method for unconstrained yielding simulations.
  • Employed microscopic simulations to analyze localized yielding.
  • Systematically varied the size of the local probe region.

Main Results:

  • Uncovered an intrinsic length scale (ζ) that governs local failure.
  • Demonstrated that this length scale (ζ) increases with the age of the amorphous solid.
  • Observed age dependence in local yield stresses and pseudogap exponent (θ).

Conclusions:

  • The soft matrix method provides a robust platform for studying failure in disordered materials.
  • The identified intrinsic length scale (ζ) is a key factor in elastoplastic modeling.
  • Insights advance the understanding of marginal stability and failure mechanisms in amorphous solids.