Papers by Author: Keiichi Edagawa

Abstract: In order to investigate flip-flop transitions of shear transformation zones (STZs) which are believed to be the elementary deformation sites in metallic glasses, internal friction measurements have been conducted for a commercial bulk metallic glass of a Zr-based alloy (Johnson alloy). Since the STZ is an asymmetrical two-level system, it is necessary to measure the internal friction at a high amplitude or under a bias stress condition to detect the transitions. Measurements have been made at temperatures between 130 K and 573 K at frequencies between 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. The results showed that quite a broad peak appears between 200 K and 500 K in high amplitude internal friction measurements. The broad peak, observed for the first time in metallic glass, is interpreted to be due to flip-flop transitions of STZs having a broad spectrum, 0.5∼1.2 eV, of the activation enthalpy.

Abstract: Peierls stresses P of a variety of pure crystals, bcc metals, NaCl type crystals, elemental and compound tetrahedrally coordinated crystals, intermetallic compounds and ceramic crystals, have been estimated from the critical resolved shear stress (c) vs. temperature curves. For high P crystals where CRSS data are available only at high temperatures, P has been estimated from the critical temperature T0 at which steep temperature dependence of c vanishes: T0 is related to the kink-pair formation energy which is a function of P, material parameters and dislocation character controlling the deformation. The estimated p/G values are semi-log plotted against h/b value, where G is the shear modulus, h the slip plane spacing and b the Burgers vector. Two facts should be noted. First, P/G values for a group of crystals with the same crystal structure are within a range of a factor of 10. Second, most of the data points lie in between the classical Peierls-Nabarro relation and the Huntington’s modified relation. These facts indicates that Peierls stress is primarily determined by the crystal structure.