Yielding in amorphous solids reveals an age-dependent intrinsic lengthscale

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Autori principali: Sreekumari, Aparna, Adhikari, Monoj, Pingua, Nandlal, Krishnan, Vishnu V., Sengupta, Shilditya, Chaudhuri, Pinaki, Karmakar, Smarajit, Vasisht, Vishwas V.
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author Sreekumari, Aparna
Adhikari, Monoj
Pingua, Nandlal
Krishnan, Vishnu V.
Sengupta, Shilditya
Chaudhuri, Pinaki
Karmakar, Smarajit
Vasisht, Vishwas V.
author_facet Sreekumari, Aparna
Adhikari, Monoj
Pingua, Nandlal
Krishnan, Vishnu V.
Sengupta, Shilditya
Chaudhuri, Pinaki
Karmakar, Smarajit
Vasisht, Vishwas V.
contents Understanding how amorphous solids yield under shear is central to predicting material failure, yet prescribing reliable local yielding criteria remains a fundamental challenge. Here, through a mesoscale analysis of localized yielding, we reveal an intrinsic length scale (ζ) that governs local failure, and demonstrate that ζgrows with the age of the system. The age dependence shows up not only in the features of the distribution of local yield stress but also in the pseudogap exponent θ, which provides a measure of marginal stability of the amorphous solids. These insights are made possible by a new method, termed the soft matrix approach, that allows local regions of an amorphous solid to yield within a minimally constrained, elastically coupled environment. By overcoming key limitations of earlier techniques, our approach provides a robust platform for probing failure mechanisms, particularly in soft disordered materials and paves the way for improved elastoplastic modeling of disordered solids.
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spellingShingle Yielding in amorphous solids reveals an age-dependent intrinsic lengthscale
Sreekumari, Aparna
Adhikari, Monoj
Pingua, Nandlal
Krishnan, Vishnu V.
Sengupta, Shilditya
Chaudhuri, Pinaki
Karmakar, Smarajit
Vasisht, Vishwas V.
Soft Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
Understanding how amorphous solids yield under shear is central to predicting material failure, yet prescribing reliable local yielding criteria remains a fundamental challenge. Here, through a mesoscale analysis of localized yielding, we reveal an intrinsic length scale (ζ) that governs local failure, and demonstrate that ζgrows with the age of the system. The age dependence shows up not only in the features of the distribution of local yield stress but also in the pseudogap exponent θ, which provides a measure of marginal stability of the amorphous solids. These insights are made possible by a new method, termed the soft matrix approach, that allows local regions of an amorphous solid to yield within a minimally constrained, elastically coupled environment. By overcoming key limitations of earlier techniques, our approach provides a robust platform for probing failure mechanisms, particularly in soft disordered materials and paves the way for improved elastoplastic modeling of disordered solids.
title Yielding in amorphous solids reveals an age-dependent intrinsic lengthscale
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04917