Powell, Adam, Warren, James and Bailey, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-3879 (1998) Mechanism of motion of an optical fiber aligned by a solder droplet. In: MRS Spring Meeting - Symposium DD – Reliabilty of Photonics Materials & Structures.

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Abstract

Solder is often used as an adhesive to attach optical fibers to a circuit board. In this proceeding we will discuss efforts to model the motion of an optical fiber during the wetting and solidification of the adhesive solder droplet. The extent of motion is determined by several competing forces, during three “stages” of solder joint formation. First, capillary forces of the liquid phase control the fiber position. Second, during solidification, the presence of the liquid-solid-vapor triple line as well as a reduced liquid solder volume leads to a change in the net capillary force on the optical fiber. Finally, the solidification front itself impinges on the fiber. Publicly-available finite element models are used to calculate the time-dependent position of the solidification front and shape of the free surface.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	optical fiber, solder
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis 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
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2019 11:30
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/348

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