Review of methods to predict solder joint reliability under thermo-mechanical cycling

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 400-412

  Ridout, S ^a   Bailey, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive law; Fatigue; Finite element; Life prediction; Solder joint; Thermal cycling

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CYCLING;

CONSTITUTIVE LAW; DAMAGE MECHANICS; THERMO-MECHANICAL CYCLING;

SOLDERED JOINTS;

EID: 34247615577     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01065.x     Document Type: Review

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