Finite element analysis of a computer hard disk drive under shock

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-125

  Lin, Chen Chi ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSTALLATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SHOCK WAVES; STIFFNESS;

HARD DISK DRIVES (HDD);

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0036522189     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1424299     Document Type: Article

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