The development of air bearing demands further research and certain guidance. The
previous technical reviews focused on specific aspects, while bibliometric analysis …

Aerostatic bearing solutions avoid problems related to friction and enable high precision
linear guiding. However, their relatively low stiffness hinders the accuracy when disturbance …

This paper reviews recent advances (mostly after year 2000) in shock and vibration analysis
of hard disk drives (HDD) considering the presence of nonlinearities and discontinuities …

As nontraditional applications of hard disk drives emerge, their mechanical robustness
during the operating state is of greater concern. Over the past few years, there has been an …

The shock performance of the head/disk interface (HDI) of 3.5 and 2.5 in. hard disk drives
(HDDs) is investigated. The displacement of the actuator arm, the suspension, and the disk …

Contact induced vibration of air bearing-slider-suspension system is a crucial issue for slider
flying stability and head positioning precision of 1 Tb/in2 hard disk drives. In this paper, the …

A complete model of an operational hard disk drive (HDD) subject to shock loads is
developed to investigate the response of the head/media interface. The model is a coupled …

There has been a significant increase in the demand of hard disk drives (HDD) used in
portable devices. High shock resistance is an important requirement for the reliable …

The utilization of voice coil motor (VCM) rotary actuator in hard disk drives (HDDs) results in
skew angles between the read/write head and disk rotation direction. The system …

For a head actuator assembly (HAA) of a hard disk drive, the deflection of the tip of the arm
relative to the pivot can be used as an indicator of its response to shock. To study the pulse …