... testing silver alloys solders tin alloys lead-free solder low-cycle fatigue strain rate effect creep strain stress relaxation cyclic loading Solder joints are subjected to cyclic inelastic deformation due to electronic parts having different coefficients of thermal expansion. Since...

.... , 2002 , “ Effects of Cooling Speed on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of Sn–Ag–Cu Alloys ,” Mater. Sci. Eng., A 0921-5093 , 333 ( 1–2 ), pp. 106 – 114 . 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01828-7 Nose , H. , Sakane , M. , and Tsukada , Y. , 2003 , “ Temperature and Strain Rate Effects...

... of the package. The influence of inelastic deformation and ratcheting of solder on fatigue life should be taken into account in the constitutive models, which are implemented in a stress analysis to predict the life of electronic packages. strain rate effect constitutive model multiaxial ratcheting...