Abstract
Compressive deformation behavior of the Nd 60Fe 20Co 10Al 10 bulk metallic glass was characterized over a wide strain rate range (6.0×10 −4 to 1.0×10 3 s −1) at room temperature. Fracture stress was found to increase and fracture strain decrease with increasing applied strain rate. Serrated flow and a large number of shear bands were observed at the quasi-static strain rate (6.0×10 −4 s −1). The results suggest that the appearance of a large number of shear bands is probably associated with flow serration observed during compression; and both shear banding and flow serration are a strain accommodation and stress relaxation process. At dynamic strain rates (1.0×10 3 s −1), the rate of shear band nucleation is not sufficient to accommodate the applied strain rate and thus causes an early fracture of the test sample. The fracture behavior of the Nd 60Fe 20Co 10Al 10 bulk metallic glass is sensitive to strain rate.
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