Study on the Influence of Defects on Fracture Mechanical Behavior of Cu/SAC305/Cu Solder Joint
Sinan Zhang1, Zhen Wang2, Jie Wang3
1School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Abstract:
The fracture behavior of the Cu/Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Sn (SAC305)/Cu solder joint was investigated by conducting tensile tests with in situ X-ray micro-computed tomography (μ-CT) observation, and finite element (FE) simulation. The tensile fracture process of solder joints with a real internal defect structure was simulated and compared with the experimental results in terms of defect distribution and fracture path. Additionally, the stress distribution around the defects during the tensile process was calculated. The experimental results reveal that the pores near the intermetallic compound (IMC) layers and the flaky cracks inside the solder significantly affected the crack path. The aggregation degree of the spherical pores and the angle between the crack surface and the loading direction controlled the initiation position and propagation path of the cracks. The fracture morphology indicates that the fracture of the IMC layer was brittle, while the solder fracture exhibited ductile tearing. There are significant differences in the fracture morphology under tensile and shear loading.
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