Effects of the fluid dynamic bearing design on rotational precision of a spindle motor

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 790-792

  Liu, Chien Sheng ^a   Chuo, Ying Chi ^a   Lin, Po Heng ^a   Tsai, Meng Che ^a   Chang, Yu Hsiu ^a   Horng, Ji Bin ^a,b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamic bearing (FDB); Motors; Simulation; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATA TRANSFER; FLUID DYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTORS; ROTATION;

DATA TRANSFER RATE; FLOW FIELD ANALYSIS; FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING (FDB); SPINDLE MOTORS;

HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS;

EID: 33846596690     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.888408     Document Type: Article

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