The effects of specimen geometry size on the behavior of 63Sn-37Pb solder are investigated both experimentally in the laboratory and analytically with finite-element simulations. The simulations are achieved by developing a constitutive model for solder which couples viscoplasticity with a unified damage theory. The unified damage theory is characterized by a damage surface in strain space which separates fatigue damage from inelastic damage. The damage evolution equations are derived within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. A series of uniaxial tension, tensile creep, and strain-controlled fatigue experiments are performed to obtain material parameters for the solder damage model. The solder damage model is then implemented into a finite element code and used to simulate a uniaxial tension test on a miniature specimen and on a standard ASTM specimen (ASTM Standards, 1999, “Tension Testing of Metallic Materials,” ASTM E8-78). Predictions from these simulations are then compared with each other and with experimental results in order to examine microstructure size effects.
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Failure Analysis of Miniature Solder Specimen
Y. Wei,
Y. Wei
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan 48128
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C. L. Chow,
C. L. Chow
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan 48128
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H. E. Fang,
H. E. Fang
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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M. K. Neilsen,
M. K. Neilsen
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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T. J. Lim,
T. J. Lim
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
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W. Lu
W. Lu
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
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Y. Wei
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan 48128
C. L. Chow
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan 48128
H. E. Fang
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
M. K. Neilsen
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
T. J. Lim
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
W. Lu
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
Contributed by the Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING. Manuscript received June 2001; final revision, October 2003. Associate Editor: Z. Suo.
J. Electron. Packag. Mar 2004, 126(1): 100-105 (6 pages)
Published Online: April 30, 2004
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Received:
June 1, 2001
Revised:
October 1, 2003
Online:
April 30, 2004
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Wei , Y., Chow, C. L., Fang , H. E., Neilsen, M. K., Lim , T. J., and Lu, W. (April 30, 2004). "Failure Analysis of Miniature Solder Specimen ." ASME. J. Electron. Packag. March 2004; 126(1): 100–105. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1648060
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