Title of Dissertation: DEVELOPMENT OF MOIRÉ INTERFEROMETRY FOR REAL-TIME OBSERVATION OF NONLINEAR THERMAL DEFORMATIONS OF SOLDER AND SOLDER ASSEMBLY Seungmin Cho, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation Directed By: Associate Professor Bongtae Han, Department of Mechanical Engineering An experimental apparatus using moiré interferometry is developed to characterize the thermo-mechanical behavio...

Solder paste is a homogeneous, stable suspension of solder powder particles suspended in a flux binder, and is one of the most important process materials today in surface mount technology (SMT). By varying the solder particle size, distribution and shape, as well as the other constituent materials, the rheology and printing performance of solder pastes can be controlled. Paste flow behavior is...