Date of Award

Summer 1996

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical Engineering

First Advisor

Elkouh, Abdel

Second Advisor

Nigro, Nicholas J.

Third Advisor

Heinrich, Stephen

Abstract

Solutions for axisymmetric profiles of solder joints formed between a cylindrical wire and a printed circuit board (PCB) are presented in this thesis. The differential equation governing the formation of these solder joints is developed and then solved numerically for the cases of single upright joints, single inverted joints, and through-hole joints. Results are presented graphically in terms of certain dimensionless parameters including the Bond number, the volume number, the board thickness number, and the tinning radius number.

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