Numerical simulation of positioning error caused by air-flow-induced vibration of head gimbals assembly in hard disk drive

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 806-811

  Shimizu, Hayato ^a   Shimizu, Toshihiko ^a   Tokuyama, Mikio ^a   Masuda, Hiromitu ^a   Nakamura, Shigeo ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; CAE; Displacement control; Hard disk drive; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC HEADS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AIR-FLOW-INDUCED VIBRATION; DISPLACEMENT CONTROL; EKMAN NUMBER; HEAD GIMBALS ASSEMBLY;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0037360271     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.808928     Document Type: Article

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