Lifetime and reliability assessment of AIN substrates used in harsh aeronautic environments power switch modules

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-127

  Zéanh, Adrien ^a   Dalverny, Olivier ^a   Karama, Moussa ^a   Bouzourene, Arezki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

Ceramics fracture criteria; Non linear Finite Elements Modelling; Power switch modules; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AERONAUTIC APPLICATIONS; ALUMINIUM NITRIDE; BRITTLE MATERIALS; CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; CYCLIC LOADINGS; EXTERNAL LOADING; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURE CRITERIA; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; POWER SWITCH MODULES; POWER SWITCHES; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; TEST VEHICLE; THERMAL CYCLE; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THREE-POINTS BENDING; WEAKEST-LINK CONCEPT; WEIBULL;

AERODYNAMICS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BENDING TESTS; BRITTLENESS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NITRIDES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 77954189506     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.112.113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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