Experimental Study of Crack Propagation at the PCB/Underfill Interface due to Thermal Aging

Author(s):  
Pradeep Lall ◽  
Padmanava Choudhury ◽  
Jaimal Williamson

Abstract Flip-Chip Ball Grid Arrays (FCBGAs) are finding applications in automotive underhood electronics for enablement of safety-critical functions. Underfills needed to reinforce flip-chip interconnects in FCBGAs need to operate reliably under sustained high temperature operation. Underfill-to-substrate interface is one of the primary failure locations under wide thermal excursions and usually a precursor to flip-chip joint failure. In order to assess the reliability in the end application, there is need for understanding the damage progression of the underfill-to-substrate interface as a function of operating time and operating temperature. In this study, the Substrate-UF interface was exposed to high temperature and the interfacial fracture toughness quantified. A three-point composite beam specimen of PCB/Underfill was fabricated to study the interface and thermally aged for periods of 10 days, 30 days, 60 days at temperatures ranging from 100°C to 150°C. Quasi-static bending was used to observe and determine interfacial delamination of the sample specimen. A 2D-Digital Image Correlation (DIC) method was also employed to understand the Crack tip opening displacement (CTOD), crack initiation and the fracture toughness, CTOD were compared with the aging schedule and temperature.

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 2808-2812
Author(s):  
Zhu Feng Sun ◽  
Ling Yun Xie

Explored the influence of pore structure of foam metal material on mechanical behavior of fracture. Discuss fracture toughness of several different micro geometric structure of foam metal material with finite element method. The author's calculations showed, microstructure and loading mode has an important effect on the fracture toughness of the foam metal material. due to ignoring the effects of cell structure on the mechanical properties of materials, the classic fracture toughness criterion -crack tip opening displacement (COD) is incomplete, it would be more efficient to take opening displacement change rate of the crack-tip as the parameter to characteristic the metallic foam material fracture toughness.


2017 ◽  
Vol 741 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Fumito Kawamura ◽  
Masazumi Miura ◽  
Ryuichiro Ebara ◽  
Keiji Yanase

Many studies have been conducted to characterize the fracture toughness of structural steels and their welded joints. However, most studies focus on newly developed steels, and the number of studies on the fracture toughness of long-term used steels in structural components is rather limited. Furthermore, a lack of data on the fracture toughness causes difficulties in evaluating the structural integrity of existing steel structures. In this study, CTOD tests were performed to characterize the fracture toughness of penstock that has been in service for 50 years. By measuring the critical crack tip opening displacement in conjunction with analysis for chemical compositions, the characteristics of fracture toughness were investigated.


Author(s):  
Xian-Kui Zhu

Fracture toughness is often described by the J-integral or crack-tip opening displacement (CTOD) for ductile materials. ASTM, BSI and ISO have developed their own standard test methods for measuring fracture initiation toughness and resistance curves in terms of the J and CTOD using bending dominant specimens in high constraint conditions. However, most actual cracks are in low constraint conditions, and the standard resistance curves may be overly conservative. To obtain more realistic fracture toughness for actual cracks in low-constraint conditions, different fracture test methods have been developed in the past decades. To facilitate understanding and use the test standards, this paper presents a critical review on commonly used fracture toughness test methods using standard and non-standard specimens in reference to the fracture parameters J and CTOD, including (1) ASTM, BSI and ISO standard test methods, (2) constraint correction methods for formulating a constraint-dependent resistance curve, and (3) direct test methods using the single edge-notched tension (SENT) specimen. This review discusses basic concepts, basic methods, estimation equations, test procedures, historical efforts and recent progresses.


2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 1272-1276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong Tao Fang ◽  
Bo Sun ◽  
Chun Run Li

According to BS7448 fracture toughness test standard, crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) for ASTM A333 Gr.6 low temperature steel which is used in offshore platform were carried out in low temperature (0°C, -29°C). Three point bending tests were conducted on the specimens, the dimension of which is B×2B (B is the thickness) and notch direction is NP. The final value of CTOD was calculated by P-V curves of both the welds and HAZ (heat affected zone). And the experimental results were analyzed and discussed in the paper. The low temperature steel welded joints show good low temperature toughness, the selected welding procedure is applied to construction of pipelines.The CTOD value of HAZ is larger than weld metal and weld is the weakest position in the whole structure. The experiment results provide an important basis for the choice of welding method and welding process parameters, ECA assessment and construction of offshore platform.


Author(s):  
Dong-Yeob Park ◽  
Jean-Philippe Gravel ◽  
C. Hari Manoj Simha ◽  
Jie Liang ◽  
Da-Ming Duan

Shallow-notched single edge-notched tension (SE(T) or SENT) and deep- and shallow-notched single edge-notched bend (SE(B) or SENB) specimens with notches positioned in the weld and the heat-affected zone were tested. Crack-tip opening displacement (CTOD) versus resistance curves were obtained using both a single and double clip gauge consolidated in a SE(T) single-specimen. Up until the peak load the resistance curves from both gauging methods yield approximately the same results; thereafter the curves deviate. Interrupted testing showed that the crack had initiated below 50% of the peak load, and in some cases had propagated significantly prior to reaching the peak load.


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