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An Analysis of Disk Flutter in Hard Disk Drives in Aerodynamic Simulations
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Masayuki Tatewaki, Naozumi Tsuda, and Tsugito Maruyama Autonomous System Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Abstract
In this paper, using aerodynamic numerical analysis, we investigate mechanisms causing disk flutter in hard disk drives. A computer simulation model of three stacked disks was calculated using the finite-difference method with the LES model of turbulence. As a result, secondary airflows were found to move upward and downward though a shroud gap around the outer edge of the disk. This inference from this discovery is that a phase difference of spatial pressure patterns between the top surface and bottom surface of a disk causes disk flutter.
Keywords
Flutter, large eddy simulation, phase difference of spatial pressure, secondary flow, shroud gap
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, VOL. 37, NO. 2, MARCH 2001
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