A meshfree framework for solder droplet shape prediction

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 819-826

  Zhang, Xuefeng ^a   Subbarayan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Finite element methods; Geometry; Potential energy; Shape; Soldering; Spline; Surface reconstruction; Surface tension; Surface topography

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; DROPS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOLDERING; SPLINES; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIAL; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; LARGE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINES; PARTITION OF UNITY; SHAPE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84950110337     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2002.1012539     Document Type: Article

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