Datacenter Scale Evaluation of the Impact of Temperature on Hard Disk Drive Failures

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriram Sankar ◽  
Mark Shaw ◽  
Kushagra Vaid ◽  
Sudhanva Gurumurthi
Author(s):  
Eric M. Jayson ◽  
James Murphy ◽  
Paul W. Smith ◽  
Frank E. Talke

Abstract A finite element model of a hard disk drive (HDD) is developed for simulating shock testing and head slap. Individual components of the disk drive are modeled using Hypermesh, a commercially available mesh generator. The following components are modeled: the base plate, the impact surface, the actuator arm, the suspension arm, the head gimbal assembly (HGA) and the disk. The boundary conditions and contact surfaces are defined in Hypermesh [1] prior to importing them to the solver, LS-Dyna [2], for the transient finite element solution. The solution calculates displacement, velocity, acceleration and stress at every time step.


Author(s):  
Vikas Tomer ◽  
Vedna Sharma ◽  
Sonali Gupta ◽  
Devesh Pratap Singh

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