IEEE Transactions on Reliability · 1992 · 35 citations · 6 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMaterials EngineeringAerospace MaterialsApplied MechanicsMechanical Behavior Of MaterialsFailure AnalysisFailure TheoriesFracture MechanicsFracture PropagationStrength Of MaterialsStress-strain BehaviorBrittle Fracture BehaviorBrittle Fracture TheoryFailure ModelsFracture MechanismsMaterial Failure ModelingOverstress Models
This tutorial illustrates designs where brittle fracture can endanger system performance, thereby acting as an overstress failure mechanism. Analytic (physics-of-failure) methods, based on continuum fracture-mechanisms rather than on molecular micro-mechanics, are presented to design against such failures. The associated stress-analysis techniques and material characterizations have matured appreciably over the past 40 years and are routinely used in aerospace, automotive, and other mechanical/structural applications. Two examples illustrate the use of these models in practical electronic packaging.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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