Numerical analysis of off-track vibration of head gimbal assembly in hard disk drive caused by the airflow

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 13, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 1201-1209

  Kazemi, Mohammad ^a  

^a Hutchinson Technology Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RINGS (COMPONENTS); VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMIC DISTURBANCES; AIRFLOW; FLOW DISTURBANCES; OFF-TRACK VIBRATION;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 34548276918     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-006-0326-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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