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Cyclic perturbations facilitate athermal creep in yield-stress materials

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: plays a role similar to the fatigue limit in the context of fatigue damage propagation. Our study is inspired by the literature on soft Earth geophysics where soil creep mechanisms have been correlated with cyclic changes of environmental conditions, such as daily or seasonal fluctuations in temperature and humidity, which in turn promote fluctuations in the systems internal mechanical properties. We believe our findings can motivate an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of sub-critical landform evolution, as the creep of hill slopes over long periods of time.

Source: Soft Matter

DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00186b

Authors: Ezequiel E. Ferrero, Eduardo A. Jagla

Institutions: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Bariloche Atomic Centre, Balseiro Institute, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica

Language: English

Topic: Material Dynamics and Properties

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Awards: G4393462451, G5872836745, G5960514433, G6424358719