Abstract:
The effective internal shear stresses arising during unloading of bulk Pd–Cu–Ni–P metallic glasses deformed under conditions of homogeneous flow below the glass transition temperature $T_g$ have been determined using measurements of the torque relaxation. It has been shown that the level of effective internal stresses gradually decreases with increasing temperature and approaches zero at $T\to T_g$. Possible mechanisms of the formation of internal stresses with variations in the experimental conditions have been discussed.