Aerodynamic pressure fluctuations associated with flow-induced vibration of the head gimbals assembly inside a hard disk drive

• Main Authors: Min, Hequn, Huang, Xiaoyang, Zhang, Qide
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94324; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7453
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an experimental investigation and numerical simulation on the spectrum-spatial characteristics of aerodynamic pressure fluctuations around the head gimbals assembly (HGA) in a working hard disk drive (HDD). The pressure fluctuations are measured thro...