Effects of shock on the head-disk interface

Author

Allen, A. Miller ; Bogy, David B.

Volume

32

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3717

Lastpage

3719

Abstract

A study of the effects of shock on hard disk drive substrates, suspensions, and sliders is presented. An uniaxial shock testing apparatus was designed and constructed to produce high amplitude, short duration shock levels. High speed video was used to characterize the motion of the substrate, suspension, and slider. Observations regarding the dynamic behavior of the system are included herein. A finite element model was created of the components arranged in a geometry similar to that of the experiment for the purpose of comparison. The dynamic response of the model was found to be qualitatively similar to that of the experiment. It was also observed in the model that the relative velocity of the components at the time of impact affected the magnitude of the ensuing slider displacement

Keywords

dynamic response; dynamic testing; finite element analysis; hard discs; magnetic heads; magnetic recording; mechanical contact; shock measurement; test equipment; components relative velocity; disk drive sliders; disk drive suspensions; dynamic behavior; finite element model; hard disk drive substrates; head-disk interface; high speed video; model dynamic response; motion characterisation; shock effects; slider displacement; uniaxial shock testing apparatus; Acceleration; Assembly; Clamps; Computer interfaces; Electric shock; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Hard disks; Suspensions; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.538814

Filename

538814