Lu, Hua, Ridout, Stephen, Bailey, Christopher, Loh, Wei-Sun, Pearl, Agyakwa and Johnson, C. Mark (2008) Computer simulation of crack propagation in power electronics module solder joints. International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology & High Density Packaging, 2008. ICEPT-HDP 2008. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1-6. ISBN 978-1-4244-2740-6 (print) 978-1-4244-2739-0 (online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEPT.2008.4606983)

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Abstract

A numerical modelling method for the analysis of solder joint damage and crack propagation has been described in this paper. The method is based on the disturbed state concept. Under cyclic thermal-mechanical loading conditions, the level of damage that occurs in solder joints is assumed to be a simple monotonic scalar function of the accumulated equivalent plastic strain. The increase of damage leads to crack initiation and propagation. By tracking the evolution of the damage level in solder joints, crack propagation path and rate can be simulated using Finite Element Analysis method. The discussions are focused on issues in the implementation of the method. The technique of speeding up the simulation and the mesh dependency issues are analysed. As an example of the application of this method, crack propagation in solder joints of power electronics modules under cyclic thermal-mechanical loading conditions has been analyzed and the predicted cracked area size after 3000 loading cycles is consistent with experimental results.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	computer simulation, power electronics module, solder joint, crack propagation, Finite Element Analysis
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Mechanics & Reliability Group School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Computer Systems Technology School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:03
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/1253

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