Title :
Numerical simulation of air flow in a near-HDD configuration
Author :
Yip, T.H. ; Suriadi, M.A. ; Ong, E.H. ; Guo, G.X.
Author_Institution :
Data Storage Inst., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
This paper present the computer simulation of airflow in a near hard disk drive numerical model. The objective of the investigation was to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of various arm designs. Four basics types of arm shapes were tested and their performance assessed based on the computed numerical results.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; disc drives; electronic engineering computing; finite volume methods; flow simulation; hard discs; turbulence; CFD; airflow numerical simulation; arm design aerodynamic characteristics; arm design testing; arm shapes; computational fluid dynamics; finite volume methods; near hard disk drive numerical models; near-HDD configuration air flow; turbulence models; turbulent kinetic energy; Actuators; Aerodynamics; Arm; Hard disks; Kinetic energy; Magnetics; Memory; Numerical simulation; Shape; Spinning;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetic Recording Conference, 2002. Digest of the Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7509-2
DOI :
10.1109/APMRC.2002.1037659
