Local Adaptive Multi-Grid Control Volume Method for the Air Bearing Problem in Hard Disk Drives

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Li ◽  
David B. Bogy
Keyword(s):  
Control Volume ◽  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Hard Disk ◽  
Adaptive Grid ◽  
Air Bearing ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Control Volume Method ◽  
Generating Method ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Volume Method

A new local adaptive grid-generating algorithm is developed and integrated with the multi-grid control volume method to simulate the steady state flying condition of air bearing sliders in HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) accurately and efficiently. Two sliders are used to demonstrate the applicability of this method. The results show that this new local adaptive grid-generating method improves substantially the stability and efficiency of the simulation scheme.

A Local Adaptive Multigrid Control Volume Method for the Air Bearing Problem in Hard Disk Drives

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Li ◽  
David B. Bogy
Keyword(s):  
Control Volume ◽  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Hard Disk ◽  
Adaptive Grid ◽  
Uniform Mesh ◽  
Air Bearing ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Control Volume Method ◽  
Generating Method ◽  
Volume Method

A new, local-adaptive, grid-generating algorithm is developed and integrated with the multigrid control volume method to simulate the steady flying state of the air bearing sliders in hard disk drives (HDDs) accurately and efficiently. Local finer meshes (mesh dimension decreases to half) are created on the nodes of the current finest grids that have pressure gradients or geometry gradients larger than a predefined tolerance after the pressure distribution has been obtained on the initial uniform mesh. In this way, the pressure- or geometry-sensitive regions have higher resolution, leading to more accurate results without inefficiently larger meshes. Two sliders are used to demonstrate the applicability of this method. It is found that this new, local-adaptive, grid-generating method improves the stability and efficiency of the simulation scheme.

Multi-Body Modeling Effects on the Head-Disk Interface During Operational Shocks in Hard Disk Drives

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Li ◽  
David B. Bogy
Keyword(s):  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Base Plate ◽  
Hard Disk ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Air Bearing ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Mechanical Shocks ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Multi Body

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the demand of hard disk drives (HDD) used in portable devices. In such applications HDDs are often subjected to mechanical shocks. Hence it is important to study the stability of mobile drives during operational shocks (op-shock) in order to improve their shock performance. Former numerical investigations [1–3] used either detailed structure models and simplified air bearing models or vice versa to understand the HDI response during an opshock event. In 2012, Rai and Bogy [4] proposed a method in which both the HDD components and the air bearing were modeled in detail and were coupled with each other. However, in this model the head actuator assembly (HAA) was assumed to be amounted on a fixed support and hence the flexibility of the base plate and those effects on the HAA were neglected. In this study, we model the HAA as mounted on the base plate to investigate the effects of HDD components on the shock performance of mobile drives.

Air Bearing Slider Simulation and Modeling for Hard Disk Drives with Ultra-Low Flying Heights

2007 ◽  
pp. 314-314
Author(s):  
B. J. Shi ◽  
D. W. Shu ◽  
B. Gu ◽  
M. R. Parlapalli ◽  
C. N. Delia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Hard Disk ◽  
Air Bearing ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Simulation And Modeling ◽  
Air Bearing Slider

Design and Dynamics of Flying Height Control Slider With Piezoelectric Nanoactuator in Hard Disk Drives

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Yang Juang ◽  
David B. Bogy ◽  
C. Singh Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Hard Disk ◽  
Areal Density ◽  
Flying Height ◽  
Air Bearing ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Adhesion Forces ◽  
Surface Design ◽  
Ultrahigh Density

To achieve the areal density goal in hard disk drives of 1Tbit∕in.2 the minimum physical spacing or flying height (FH) between the read/write element and disk must be reduced to ∼2nm. A brief review of several FH adjustment schemes is first presented and discussed. Previous research showed that the actuation efficiency (defined as the ratio of the FH reduction to the stroke) was low due to the significant air bearing coupling. In this paper, an air bearing surface design, Slider B, for a FH control slider with a piezoelectric nanoactuator is proposed to achieve virtually 100% efficiency and to increase dynamics stability by minimizing the nanoscale adhesion forces. A numerical study was conducted to investigate both the static and dynamic performances of the Slider B, such as uniformity of gap FH with near-zero roll over the entire disk, ultrahigh roll stiffness and damping, low nanoscale adhesion forces, uniform FH track-seeking motion, dynamic load/unload, and FH modulation. Slider B was found to exhibit an overall enhancement in performance, stability, and reliability in ultrahigh density magnetic recording.

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