• DocumentCode
    1489830
  • Title

    Finite element analysis of the shock response and head slap behavior of a hard disk drive

  • Author

    Edwards, John R.

  • Author_Institution
    Western Digital Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    863
  • Lastpage
    867
  • Abstract
    A study of the shock response of a hard disk drive dropped from a height onto a surface with a specific contact stiffness is presented. A finite element model of the hard disk drive was developed and transient response analysis of the model was performed to evaluate the shock problem. The study shows why a disk drive is particularly sensitive to shock inputs with narrow pulse widths in the order of 0.5 to 1 millisecond
  • Keywords
    disc drives; finite element analysis; hard discs; impact (mechanical); magnetic heads; shock wave effects; transient response; finite element model; handling damage; hard disk drive; head slap; mechanical impact; shock response; surface contact stiffness; transient response; Actuators; Assembly; Electric shock; Finite element methods; Hard disks; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Transient analysis; Transient response;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.753799
  • Filename
    753799
    • Link To Document
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