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Structural Transformations in Porous Glasses Under Mechanical Loading. I. Tension
Computational Materials Science
  • Nikolai V. Priezjev, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Maxim A Makeev
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2018
Abstract

The evolution of porous structure and mechanical properties of binary glasses under tensile loading were examined using molecular dynamics simulations. We consider vitreous systems obtained in the process of phase separation after a rapid isochoric quench of a glass-forming liquid to a temperature below the glass transition. The porous structure in undeformed samples varies from a connected porous network to a random distribution of isolated pores upon increasing average glass density. We find that at small strain, the elastic modulus follows a power-law dependence on the average glass density and the pore size distribution remains nearly the same as in quiescent samples. Upon further loading, the pores become significantly deformed and coalesce into larger voids that leads to formation of system-spanning empty regions associated with breaking of the material.

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DOI
10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.04.001
Citation Information
Nikolai V. Priezjev and Maxim A Makeev. "Structural Transformations in Porous Glasses Under Mechanical Loading. I. Tension" Computational Materials Science Vol. 150 (2018) p. 134 - 143 ISSN: 0927-0256
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nikolai-priezjev/53/