Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method

Thin slices of silicon are generated from the cast ingots in the solar or electronics industry to manufacture solar cells or Integrated Circuits (IC) respectively. Currently, wire sawing technique that is used in the industry takes 50% of total operational cost due to high kerf (material) loss and t...

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主要作者: Subramaniyam, Sathiya Velan.
其他作者: Sathyan Subbiah
格式: Final Year Project (FYP)
語言:English
出版: 2010
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在線閱讀:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41622
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author Subramaniyam, Sathiya Velan.
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description Thin slices of silicon are generated from the cast ingots in the solar or electronics industry to manufacture solar cells or Integrated Circuits (IC) respectively. Currently, wire sawing technique that is used in the industry takes 50% of total operational cost due to high kerf (material) loss and time consumption. The technique to generate such thin slices has to be suitable for mass manufacturing silicon wafers and must also reduce/eliminate silicon wastage during the wafering process. This project has tested and developed a fast cracking method to mass manufacture thin slices in brittle materials such as glass and silica. The idea to introduce a small crack on the surface of a brittle material, place it in a high pressure chamber and apply pressure on the crack is termed as precision crack off. At a suitable crack geometry and pressure, conditions for fast fracture are satisfied and the crack travels at high speed through the specimen slicing it and leaving a smooth atomic surface on the crack faces. This concept is also tested in finite element simulation using Johnson Holmquist (JH) fracture model in ANSYS AUTODYN. Hence, the results of the experiments and modeling are compared hence possible improvements are suggested. The design developed to test precision crack off method yielded broken glass pieces with good surface finish. The different notch depths have produced relationship among notchpressure, pressure-surface finish, unconstrained and constrainted experiments. These results were also validated in finite element simulation of ANSYS AUTODYN. Besides that, finite element simulation has solved the puzzle of crack initiation and propagation. Finite element analysis helped a lot in understanding the theory behind precision crack method. New initiative of validating JH model for precision crack off method has yielded fruitful results.
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spelling ntu-10356/416222023-03-04T18:49:07Z Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method Subramaniyam, Sathiya Velan. Sathyan Subbiah School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Assistive technology Thin slices of silicon are generated from the cast ingots in the solar or electronics industry to manufacture solar cells or Integrated Circuits (IC) respectively. Currently, wire sawing technique that is used in the industry takes 50% of total operational cost due to high kerf (material) loss and time consumption. The technique to generate such thin slices has to be suitable for mass manufacturing silicon wafers and must also reduce/eliminate silicon wastage during the wafering process. This project has tested and developed a fast cracking method to mass manufacture thin slices in brittle materials such as glass and silica. The idea to introduce a small crack on the surface of a brittle material, place it in a high pressure chamber and apply pressure on the crack is termed as precision crack off. At a suitable crack geometry and pressure, conditions for fast fracture are satisfied and the crack travels at high speed through the specimen slicing it and leaving a smooth atomic surface on the crack faces. This concept is also tested in finite element simulation using Johnson Holmquist (JH) fracture model in ANSYS AUTODYN. Hence, the results of the experiments and modeling are compared hence possible improvements are suggested. The design developed to test precision crack off method yielded broken glass pieces with good surface finish. The different notch depths have produced relationship among notchpressure, pressure-surface finish, unconstrained and constrainted experiments. These results were also validated in finite element simulation of ANSYS AUTODYN. Besides that, finite element simulation has solved the puzzle of crack initiation and propagation. Finite element analysis helped a lot in understanding the theory behind precision crack method. New initiative of validating JH model for precision crack off method has yielded fruitful results. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2010-07-23T06:41:22Z 2010-07-23T06:41:22Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41622 en Nanyang Technological University 120 p. application/pdf
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Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
title Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
title_full Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
title_fullStr Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
title_full_unstemmed Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
title_short Comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
title_sort comparative study of modeling and experiments in precision crack off method
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DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Assistive technology
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