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From: Instability Analysis and Free Volume Simulations of Shear Band Directions and Arrangements in Notched Metallic Glasses

Figure 2

Combined compression-shear tests on bulk metallic glasses lead to complex shear band arrangements.

(a) With a sharp inclined angle, the SEM image exhibits heavily inclined shear bands near the stress concentration sites. (b) With a low inclined angle, the shear bands tend to align with the direction of the applied shear force. Micrographs are adapted from refs 14 and 15.

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