A comparison study on the performance of four types of oil lubricated hydrodynamic thrust bearings for hard disk spindles

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-120

  Zhu, Jiasheng ^a   Ono, Kyosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FRICTION; HARD DISK STORAGE; LUBRICATING OILS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

HARD DISK SPINDLES; HERRINGBONE THRUST BEARINGS; STEP POCKET THRUST BEARINGS; TAPER FLAT THRUST BEARINGS; TAPER POCKET THRUST BEARINGS;

THRUST BEARINGS;

DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING; MAGNETIC DRIVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033029728     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2833790     Document Type: Article

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