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The Effects of Fatigue on the Atomic Structure with Cyclic Loading in Zr50Cu40Al10 and Zr60Cu30Al10 Glasses

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The potential damage effect from fatigue on Zr bulk metallic glass alloys of Zr50Cu40Al10 at the eutectic point and Zr60Cu30Al10 away from the eutectic point (in atomic percent) is examined via the local atomic structure, which was obtained from the pair density function analysis of the synchrotron X-ray radiation and neutron data. Samples cut from the same rods were subjected to 104, 105, and 106 compression cycles ex situ, and the evidence for fatigue damage was investigated by comparing alloys before and after cyclic loading. Bond orientation was observed particularly in Zr50Cu40Al10, suggesting that fatigue damage occurs even in the elastic range, below the yield point, and during cyclic loading. The initiation of fatigue changes is observed first within small localized atomic regions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge valuable discussions with S.J. Poon and M. Widom. Support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation, Nos: 130398GA10715 and DMR 0231320. The use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA

    Peng Tong (Research Associate) & Despina Louca (Professor)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    G. Wang (Research Associate) & P. K. Liaw (Professor)

  3. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    E. Maxey (Beamline Specialist)

  4. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Y. Yokoyama (Associate Professor)

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Tong, P., Louca, D., Wang, G. et al. The Effects of Fatigue on the Atomic Structure with Cyclic Loading in Zr50Cu40Al10 and Zr60Cu30Al10 Glasses. Metall Mater Trans A 43, 2676–2679 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-011-0887-5

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