Size of Plastic Events in Strained Amorphous Solids at Finite Temperatures

Details Size of Plastic Events in Strained Amorphous Solids at Finite Temperatures Size of Plastic Events in Strained Amorphous Solids at Finite Temperatures

2009-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2167v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

We address the system-size dependence of typical plastic flow events when an amorphous solid is put under a fixed external strain rate at a finite temperature. For system sizes that are accessible to numerical simulations at reasonable strain rates and at low temperatures the magnitude of plastic events grows with the system size. We explain however that this must be a finite size effect; for larger systems there exist two cross-over length-scales $\xi_1$ and $\xi_2$, the first determined by the elastic time-scale and the second by the thermal energy-scale. For system of linear size $L$ larger than any of these scales the magnitude of plastic events must be bounded. For systems of size $L\gg \xi$ there must exist $(L/\xi)^d$ uncorrelated plastic events which occur simultaneously. We present a scaling theory that culminates with the dependence of the cross-over scales on temperature and strain rate. Finally we relate these findings to the temperature and size dependence of the stress fluctuations. We comment on the importance of these considerations for theories of elasto-plasticity.

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