Experimental and numerical studies on size and constraining effects in lead-free solder joints

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-399

  Cugnoni, Joel ^a   Botsis, J ^a   Sivasubramaniam, V ^a,b   Janczak Rusch, J ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constrain effect; Elastic plastic behaviour; Finite element; Size effect; Solder joint; Structural optimisation

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TIN ALLOYS;

CONSTRAIN EFFECT; LEAD-FREE SOLDER; SIZE EFFECT;

SOLDERED JOINTS;

EID: 34247626136     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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