Structural rejuvenation is an effective measure to optimize the mechanical properties of
metallic glasses (MGs). Sophisticated solutions to rejuvenation include thermal cycling, laser …

Cross-linked elastomers are reinforced elastomers with high stretchability and toughness.
However, most elastomeric materials lose their toughness due to the accumulation of …

The expansion of the application of polymers instead of metals has warranted the evaluation
and modeling of their mechanical behaviors under various conditions. In the present study …

In general, stress-induced martensite (SIM) is frequently employed to enhance the strain
hardening behavior of Ti alloys through a so-called transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) …

Isotropic soft magneto-rheological elastomers (s-MRE) are polymer-based composites
where magnetically soft particles are randomly distributed in the elastomer matrix. Under a …

The present work focuses on heat treatment effects on cyclic plasticity behavior, multiscale
strengthening mechanisms and low cycle fatigue performance of laser melting nickel-based …

Mean-field theory is extensively used in statistical physics, solid-state physics, and
biophysics to compress a large number of interacting multi-body problems into an effective …

A mesoscale numerical model based on shear transformation zone (STZ) theory is
implemented in a commercial finite element software. The model is designed to predict the …

Due to the structural information submerged into the meta-stable disordered long-range
structure, quantitative prediction of the time-dependent deformation of metallic glasses …

In addition to extremely high strength, manufacturing temperatures of bulk metallic glasses
(BMGs) relative to steels are low making them to desired energy saving engineering …