Derivation of the Johnson-Samwer $T^{(2/3)}$ Temperature Dependence of the Yield Strain in Metallic Glasses

Ratul Dasgupta, Ashwin Joy, H. G. E. Hentschel +1

Metallic Glasses are prone to fail mechanically via a shear-banding instability. In a remarkable paper Johnson and Samwer demonstrated that this failure enjoys a high degree of uni…