Circuit board drop test analysis

In this example you will investigate the behavior of a circuit board in protective crushable foam packaging dropped at an angle onto a rigid surface.

Your goal is to assess whether the foam packaging is adequate to prevent circuit board damage when the board is dropped from a height of 1 meter. You will use the general contact capability in Abaqus/Explicit to model the interactions between the different components.

Figure 1 shows the dimensions of the circuit board and foam packaging in millimeters and the material properties.

Figure 1. Dimensions in millimeters and material properties.