Experimental and finite element analysis on determining the fatigue life of pb-free solder joint (Sn-0.5Cu-3Bi-1Ag) used in electronic packages under harmonic loads

Author(s):  
S. Jayesh ◽  
Jacob Elias

Electronic packages that are used these days are exposed to different types of vibration loadings in their usage environment. This vibration exposure can be categorized as harmonic and random vibrations. When reliability assessment of modern electronic systems is considered, vibration loading has an important role to play. One of the biggest challenges facing today is the accurate and rapid assessment of fatigue life under the vibration loading. Conventional solder joints were made of lead-tin alloy. According to many environment legislations and rules, lead is prohibited as an ingredient in the solder alloy. The reason for the prohibition of the usage of the lead is that it poisons the environment. In this study, Sn-0.5Cu-3Bi-1Ag is used as the lead-free solder alloy. Fatigue life prediction of electronic package containing SAC405 is conducted with the aid of vibration testing and Finite element analysis under harmonic vibration loading. A specially designed Plastic Ball Grid Array Package (PBGA) component is mounted on Printed Circuit Board (PCB). It is taken as a test vehicle for the vibration test. The test vehicle is excited by a sinusoidal vibration. The frequency of this excitation equals the fundamental frequency of the test vehicle and it is continued till the component fails. Since the solder balls are very small for direct measurement, Finite Element analysis (FEA) is used for noting down the stresses. The stress versus failures cycles (S-N) curve is made by relating both the stresses on the solder balls obtained and the number of failure cycles from vibration analysis. The fatigue life of the component can be estimated from the generated S-N curve. It is analyzed that the methodology is effective in predicting the component’s life. Hence, the reliability of electronic package can be improved.

2001 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 809-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Eui Shin ◽  
Kyung-Woo Lee ◽  
Kyong-Ho Chang ◽  
Seung-Boo Jung ◽  
Jae Pil Jung

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafida Kahoul ◽  
Samira Belhour ◽  
Ahmed Bellaouar ◽  
Jean Paul Dron

Purpose This paper aims to present the fatigue life behaviour of upper arm suspension. The main objectives are to predict the fatigue life of the component and to identify the critical location. In this analysis, three aluminium alloys were used for the suspension, and their fatigue life was compared to select the suitable material for the suspension arm. Design/methodology/approach CAD model was prepared using Solid Works software, and finite element analysis was done using ANSYS 14.0 software by importing the Parasolid file to ANSYS. The model is subjected to loading and boundary conditions; the authors consider a vertical force with constant amplitude applied at the bushing that connected to the tire, the others two bushing that connected to the body of the car are constraint. Tetrahedral elements given enhanced results as compared to other types of elements; therefore, the elements (TET 10) are used. The maximum principal stress was considered in the linear static analysis, and fatigue analysis was done using strain life approach. Findings Life and damage are evaluated and the critical location was considered at node 63,754. From the fatigue analysis, aluminium alloys 7175-T73 (Al 90%-Zn 5.6%-Mg 2.5% -… …) and 2014-T6 (Al 93.5%-Cu 4.4%-Mg 0.5%… …) present a similar behaviour as compared to 6061-T6 (Al 97.9%-Mg 1.0%-Si 0.6%… … .); in this case of study, these lather are considered to be the materials of choice to manufacture the suspension arms; but 7175-T73 aluminium alloys remain the material with a better resistance to fatigue. Originality/value By the finite element analysis method and assistance of ANSYS software, it is able to analyse the different car components from varied aspects such as fatigue, and consequently save time and cost. For further research, the experimental works under controlled laboratory conditions should be done to determine the validation of the result from the software analysis.


2008 ◽  
Vol 575-578 ◽  
pp. 1461-1466
Author(s):  
Byeong Choon Goo ◽  
Jung Won Seo

Railcar wheels and axles belong to the most critical components in railway vehicles. The service conditions of railway vehicles have been more severe in recent years due to speed-up. Therefore, a more precise evaluation of railcar wheel life and safety has been requested. Wheel/rail contact fatigue and thermal cracks due to braking are two major mechanisms of the railcar wheel failure. One of the main sources influencing on the contact zone failure is residual stress. The residual stress in wheels formed during heat treatment in manufacturing changes in the process of braking. Thus the fatigue life of railcar wheels should be estimated by considering both thermal stress and rolling contact. Also, the effect of residual stress variation due to manufacturing process and braking process should be included in simulating contact fatigue behavior. In this paper, an evaluation procedure for the contact fatigue life of railcar wheels considering the effects of residual stresses due to heat treatment, braking and repeated contact load is proposed. And the cyclic stressstrain history for fatigue analysis is simulated by finite element analysis for the moving contact load.


Author(s):  
NN Subhash ◽  
Adathala Rajeev ◽  
Sreedharan Sujesh ◽  
CV Muraleedharan

Average age group of heart valve replacement in India and most of the Third World countries is below 30 years. Hence, the valve for such patients need to be designed to have a service life of 50 years or more which corresponds to 2000 million cycles of operation. The purpose of this study was to assess the structural performance of the TTK Chitra tilting disc heart valve model TC2 and thereby address its durability. The TC2 model tilting disc heart valves were assessed to evaluate the risks connected with potential structural failure modes. To be more specific, the studies covered the finite element analysis–based fatigue life prediction and accelerated durability testing of the tilting disc heart valves for nine different valve sizes. First, finite element analysis–based fatigue life prediction showed that all nine valve sizes were in the infinite life region. Second, accelerated durability test showed that all nine valve sizes remained functional for 400 million cycles under experimental conditions. The study ensures the continued function of TC2 model tilting disc heart valves over duration in excess of 50 years. The results imply that the TC2 model valve designs are structurally safe, reliable and durable.


2016 ◽  
Vol 707 ◽  
pp. 154-158
Author(s):  
Somsak Limwongsakorn ◽  
Wasawat Nakkiew ◽  
Adirek Baisukhan

The proposed finite element analysis (FEA) model was constructed using FEA simulation software, ANSYS program, for determining effects of corrosion fatigue (CF) from TIG welding process on AISI 304 stainless steel workpiece. The FEA model of TIG welding process was developed from Goldak's double ellipsoid moving heat source. In this paper, the residual stress results obtained from the FEA model were consistent with results from the X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. The residual stress was further used as an input in the next step of corrosion fatigue analysis. The predictive CF life result obtained from the FEA CF model were consistent with the value obtained from stress-life curve (S-N curve) from the reference literaturature. Therefore, the proposed FEA of CF model was then used for predicting the corrosion fatigue life on TIG welding workpiece, the results from the model showed the corrosion fatigue life of 1,794 cycles with testing condition of the frequency ( f ) = 0.1 Hz and the equivalent load of 67.5 kN (equal to 150 MPa) with R = 0.25.


2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1733-1737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong-Min Lee ◽  
Chang-Sung Seok ◽  
Dongkeun Lee ◽  
Yongseok Kim ◽  
Junghan Yun ◽  
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