arXiv · 1204.2183
Atomic Mechanism of Flow in Simple Liquids under Shear
Abstract
Atomic correlations in a simple liquid in steady-state flow under shear stress were studied by molecular dynamics simulation. The local atomic level strain was determined through the anisotropic pair-density function (PDF). The atomic level strain has a limited spatial extension whose range is dependent on the strain rate and extrapolates to zero at the critical strain rate. A failure event is identified with altering the local topology of atomic connectivity by exchanging bonds among neighboring atoms.
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Takuya Iwashita, Takeshi Egami. 2012-04-10. Atomic Mechanism of Flow in Simple Liquids under Shear. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.108.196001
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