... process. Among the various soldering methods available, wave soldering is a very effective technique. In this process, the components are placed onto the PCB, which, subsequently, is coated with a flux and then passed across a preheat zone. In the end, the assembly is moved by the conveyor and passed over...

..., these two types of analyses are conducted using McDowell’s thermoplastic model with previously developed numerical implementation by applying a finite element package and an associated user-defined material subroutine. The same wave soldering temperature profile is used. The detailed stress/strain responses...