[1] Anelasticity and diffusion creep viscosity of partially molten rock analogue were measured experimentally at various melt fractions (0.0025–0.04). The presence of even a small quantity of melt phase causes a significant increase in attenuation and dispersion, and decrease in viscosity (melt effect). Similar changes are additionally caused by the presence of a secondary solid component (chem...

S1. Experimental Details on in-situ Bending Test including the Error Analysis and E-beam Conditions S2. More Experimental Results on Anelastic Relaxation S3. Discussion of Thermoelastic Relaxation S4. Theoretical Model of Anelasticity in ZnO NWs S5. Relation between the Present Theoretical Model and Gorsky Theory S6. EELS Experiments and Analysis S7. More Fitting Results S8. Supplementary Movie...

The configurational properties associated with the transition from anelasticity to plasticity in a transiently deforming metallic glass-forming liquid are studied. The data reveal that the underlying transition kinetics for flow can be separated into reversible and irreversible configurational hopping across the liquid energy landscape, identified with beta and alpha relaxation processes, respe...

A measurement of G which will use a torsion pendulum in the ‘dynamic’ (time-of-swing) mode, measuring the influence of field source masses on the pendulum’s oscillation period, is being prepared at UC Irvine. Features of the design include: (i) operation at cryogenic temperature (2 K) to reduce thermal noise and increase frequency stability and for ease of magnetic shielding, (ii) large pendulu...

A Lagrangian-Hamiltonian variational formulation is proposed for the thermoelasticity of heat conductors and its generalization to anelasticity described by means of internal-state variablesby using a gauge-theoretical technique (introduction of an additional variable of state the gradient of thermacy that renders the system apparently Hamiltonian). Projecting the equations resulting from the E...

Anelastic materials exhibit gradual full recovery of deformation once a load is removed, leading to dissipation of internal mechanical energy. As a consequence, anelastic materials are being investigated for mechanical damping applications. At the macroscopic scale, however, anelasticity is usually very small or negligible, especially in single-crystalline materials. Here, we show that single-c...