Spontaneous thermal runaway as an ultimate failure mechanism of materials

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Braeck, S. [1 ]
Podladchikov, Y. Y. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.095504
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O4 [物理学];
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The first theoretical estimate of the shear strength of a perfect crystal was given by Frenkel [Z. Phys. 37, 572 (1926)]. By assuming that two rigid atomic rows in the crystal would move over each other along a slip plane, he derived the ultimate shear strength to be about one-tenth of the shear modulus. Here we present a theoretical study showing that catastrophic failure of viscoelastic materials may occur below Frenkel's ultimate limit as a result of thermal runaway. The thermal runaway failure mechanism exhibits progressive localization of the strain and temperature profiles in space, thereby producing a narrow region of highly deformed material, i.e., a shear band. We calculate the maximum shear strength sigma(c) of materials and then demonstrate the relevance of this new concept for material failure known to occur at scales ranging from nanometers to kilometers.
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