Numerical simulation of the drop impact response of a portable electronic product

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 478-485

  Lim, Chwee Teck ^a   Teo, Y M ^a   Shim, V P W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drop impact; Finite element modeling; Mechanical fragility; Physical robustness; Portable electronic product

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRAIN;

MECHANICAL FRAGILITY;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0036767961     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2002.803652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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