Enhanced strain rate sensitivity of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses subjected to high pressure torsion

The Zr62Cu22Al10Fe5Dy1 bulk metallic glass (BMG) was subjected to high pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature. The state after HPT processing demonstrates presence of large number of heterogeneities in amorphous structure – shear bands. Nanoindentation was used to study the effect of HPT processing on deformation behavior and strain rate sensitivity (m). It was found that HPT significantly affects mechanical behavior of BMG during...