Heterogeneous deformation
Mechanical properties of metallic glasses

Room temperature, or at least well below the glass transition temperature, will be the alloys' area of use. Its specific mechanical characteristics are expected to become a function, i.e. the alloy will find specific applications thanks to them. We shall see that metallic glasses differ from crystalline alloys in their behavior: their major advantages being, as already mentioned, a very high stress at break and a wide range of elastic deformation, the major drawback being the almost total absence of ductility. In addition to the delicate production process (see [M 50], [Doc. N 2 720]),...