Non-repeatable runout measurement and simulation of fluid lubricated spindles

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1727-1732

  Swam, Aaron C ^a   Harrison, Joshua C ^b   Talke, Frank E ^c  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MAGNETIC BEARINGS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; THRUST BEARINGS; TRANSDUCERS;

FLUID LUBRICATED SPINDLES; HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SPINDLE ORIENTATION; NONREPEATABLE RUNOUT MEASUREMENT; POWER CONSUMPTION; SPINDLE STARTUP TIME;

AXLES;

EID: 0030148811     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.492856     Document Type: Article

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