Chapter 20: Dynamic Simulation of a Printed Circuit Board Assembly Using Modal Analysis Methods

This example problem uses residual vectors to improve the solution accuracy in modal subspace based analysis methods, such as modal superposition and power spectral density (PSD) analyses. The problem includes a study of the computational efficiency of the results-expansion procedure used to obtain the full-model solution.

The example is simulated using the Ansys Mechanical application. To solve this problem with Ansys Mechanical APDL, see Dynamic Simulation of a Printed Circuit Board Assembly Using Modal Analysis Methods in the Technology Showcase: Example Problems.

Overview

Analysis Type(s)Modal Analysis and PSDAnalysis
Element Type(s)

IC packages: 3-D 20-Node Structural Solid (SOLID186)

Board: 4-Node Structural Shell (SHELL181)

Vertical columns: 3-D 2-Node Beam (BEAM188)

Contact Between IC packages and board:

Contact surface: 3-D 8-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact (CONTA174)

Target surface: 3-D Target Segment (TARGE170)
Solver Type(s) Ansys Mechanical