InImpact: The Journal of Innovation Impact

Publisher Future Technology Press
Vol. 7 No. 2 KES Transactions on SDM I - Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014
Volume Editors KES International
Journal ISSN 2051-6002
 
Article TitleDesign for Reliability of Steering Power Module due to Design Consideration and Material Selection
Primary AuthorJuergen Eckermann, Swansea University (United Kingdom)
Other Author(s) Shahid Mehmood; Helen Davies; Nicholas Lavery; Stephen Brown; Johann Sienz
Pages 703 - 719
Article ID sdm14-095
Publication Date 01-May-16
Abstract

This paper primarily investigated the effect of the different half-bridge module layouts for Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV/EV) on the reliability. Throughout the investigations, computational simulations were carried out on two different simplified half-bridge modules. The viscoplastic constitutive model Anand was employed in this case to calculate the plastic strain in the solder under thermal shock cycling loading. The scope of the research was broadened by selecting the various solder materials, which were subjected to power and thermal shock cycle loading. Hereby, the material data from SAC105, SAC205, SAC305, SAC405 and Sn36Pb2Ag were chosen and implemented in Ansys. To reduce the computational time, 2D models replaced the 3D models. Additionally, metallurgical investigations were carried out to highlight any additional effects, which influenced the joint reliability.

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