Role of fluctuations in the yielding transition of two-dimensional glasses
Misaki Ozawa, Ludovic Berthier, Giulio Biroli, Gilles Tarjus
Abstract
This work provides numerical evidence that two-dimensional stable glasses yield via a nonequilibrium discontinuous transition, which terminates at critical stability. The authors find that two-dimensional glasses yield similarly to their three-dimensional counterparts but display larger sample-to-sample disorder-induced fluctuations, stronger finite-size effects, and rougher spatial wandering of the observed shear bands.
Topics & Concepts
Monte Carlo methodYield (engineering)Non-equilibrium thermodynamicsCondensed matter physicsMaterials scienceStatistical physicsGlass transitionPhysicsThermodynamicsMathematicsStatisticsPolymerComposite materialTheoretical and Computational PhysicsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesMetallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys