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CONCLUSIONS

A methodology for calculating the extent of fiber shift during wetting, solidification and cooling of an adhesive solder droplet has been developed based on freely available modeling software tools. As expected, the shift is very sensitive to changes in fiber radius. Also worth noting is that it is possible for solidification shrinkage in the solder to lead to a fiber shift away from the substrate by means of elastic deformation of the substrate.



Adam Clayton Powell IV
1998-06-08