The proposed model describes constitutive behavior of 63Sn-37Pb solder including effects of size, thermomechanical loading, and cyclic damage. Its application to the uniaxial fatigue data shows a good agreement with the experiments.

Issue Section:
Additional Technical Papers
Keywords:
lead alloys, tin alloys, soldering, fatigue
Topics:
Cycles, Damage, Solders, Temperature, Fatigue, Simulation, Constitutive equations
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