Fig. 7
From: Stress breaks universal aging behavior in a metallic glass

Atomistic simulations reveal the origin of intermittent dynamics. a Normalized shear stress along with ε0.8 momentary relaxation strains as a function of shear strain for a binary model glass strained at 107 s−1 under simple shear. Note the inverted axis on the relaxation strain. b A two-strain correlation function from 0 to 0.2 in shear strain shows the transition from elastic to plastic flow at a shear strain of ca. 0.074, followed by fluctuations in relaxation strain with plastic flow. c Shear strains from 0.2 to 0.4 show fluctuating relaxation strains, decorrelation–recorrelation, as well as variation in contrast along the main diagonal. Similar results are found for a strain rate of 105 s−1, which are displayed in the SI