Connecting shear localization with the long-range correlated polarized stress fields in granular materials

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 4349 - 7
• Main Authors: Wang, Yinqiao, Wang, Yujie, Zhang, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.08.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/1023/303; 639/301/119/1002; 639/301/923/218; 639/766/119/1002; Amorphous materials; Broken symmetry; Civil engineering; Correlation; Edge dislocations; Geology; Geophysics; Granular materials; Humanities and Social Sciences; Localization; Materials failure; Materials science; multidisciplinary; Plastic deformation; Residual stress; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Shear bands; Shear localization; Shear stress; Stress distribution; Symmetry

One long-lasting puzzle in amorphous solids is shear localization, where local plastic deformation involves cooperative particle rearrangements in small regions of a few inter-particle distances, self-organizing into shear bands and eventually leading to the material failure. Understanding the conne...