This paper reports that amorphous silicon nitride （a-SiNx） overcoats were deposited at room temperature by microwave ECR plasma enhanced unbalanced magnetron sputtering. The 2 nm a-SiNs overcoat has better anti-corr...This paper reports that amorphous silicon nitride （a-SiNx） overcoats were deposited at room temperature by microwave ECR plasma enhanced unbalanced magnetron sputtering. The 2 nm a-SiNs overcoat has better anti-corrosion properties than that of reference a-CNx overcoats （2 4.5 nm）. The superior anti-corrosion performance is attributed to its stoichiometric bond structure, where 94.8% Si atoms form Si-N asymmetric stretching vibration bonds. The N/Si ratio is 1.33 as in the stoichiometry of Si3N4 and corresponds to the highest hardness of 25.0 GPa. The surface is atomically smooth with RMS 〈 0.2 nm. The ultra-thin a-SiNx overcoats are promising for hard disks and read/write heads protective coatings.展开更多
Based on generalized the variation method, by introducing Hamilton function and Lagrange multiplier, this paper proposed a linear quadratic optimal control strategy for an incomplete controllable system with fixed ter...Based on generalized the variation method, by introducing Hamilton function and Lagrange multiplier, this paper proposed a linear quadratic optimal control strategy for an incomplete controllable system with fixed terminal state and time. Applying the proposed optimal control to the simple two-input dual-stage actuator magnetic head positioning system with three degrees-of-freedom, the simulation results show that the system has no residual vibration at the terminal position and time, which can reduce the total access time during head positioning process. To verify the validation of the optimal control strategy of three degrees-of-freedom spring-mass models in actual magnetic head positioning of hard disk drives, a finite element model of an actual magnetic head positioning system is presented. Substituting the optimal control force from simple three degrees-of-freedom spring-mass models into the finite element model, the simulation results show that the magnetic head also has no residual vibration at the end of track-to-track travel. That is to say, the linear quadratic optimal control technique based on simple two-input dual- stage actuator system with three degrees-of-freedom proposed in this paper is of high reliability for the industrial application of an actual magnetic head positioning system.展开更多
This paper describes the experimental study on shock response of FDB （fluid dynamic bearing） spindle for HDDs （hard disk drives）. The FDBs are widely used as rotating shaft support elements for HDD spindle motors....This paper describes the experimental study on shock response of FDB （fluid dynamic bearing） spindle for HDDs （hard disk drives）. The FDBs are widely used as rotating shaft support elements for HDD spindle motors. Recently, the opportunity for the HDD spindle motors exposed to external vibration has been increasing because the HDDs are used for various information related equipment such as mobile PCs （personal computers）, video cameras, car navigation systems and so on. Hence, the rotating shaft has a possibility to come in contact with the bearing by external shocks and it causes wear or seizure to the bearing surface. To avoid the problem, it is extremely important to know how the spindle moves against the large shock on HDDs experimentally. However, as far as the authors know, there are few experimental studies treating the shock response of HDD spindles. In this paper, firstly, we propose a new test rig and experimental method for shock response of FDB spindles. Then the shock tests against the radial and axial disturbance on FDB spindle for 2.5＂ HDD are conducted. Finally, the experimental results of shock response waveforms and maximum displacement of disk are shown.展开更多
The present paper discusses a design method for the head position in a Hard Disk Drive （HDD） control system. In the HDD control system, the sampling interval of the head position is constrained because of the hardwa...The present paper discusses a design method for the head position in a Hard Disk Drive （HDD） control system. In the HDD control system, the sampling interval of the head position is constrained because of the hardware specifications, but the hold interval of the control input is not constrained. In the present study, a multirate control system is designed, in which the sampling and the hold intervals are not equal. A multirate control law, which stabilizes a closed-loop system, is extended using newly introduced parameters such that the sample response of the plant output is maintained. Furthermore, intersample ripples in the steady state are eliminated using the new design parameters, which can be selected independently of the sample response. As a result, the intersample response can be improved independently of the sample response. The proposed method is applied to a benchmark problem of an HDD system, and its effectiveness is demonstrated.展开更多
In this hard disk record system,the IDE hard disk is controlled by FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array),and the image is recorded to file format directly.In the same time,the recorded image is real-time and lossless.Al...In this hard disk record system,the IDE hard disk is controlled by FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array),and the image is recorded to file format directly.In the same time,the recorded image is real-time and lossless.All of this is convenient for subsequent processing.展开更多
This paper describes the robust optimum design which combines the geometrical optimization method proposed by Hashimoto and statistical method. Recently, 2.5″ hard disk drives (HDDs) are widely used for mobile device...This paper describes the robust optimum design which combines the geometrical optimization method proposed by Hashimoto and statistical method. Recently, 2.5″ hard disk drives (HDDs) are widely used for mobile devices such as laptops, video cameras and car navigation systems. In mobile applications, high durability towards external vibrations and shocks are essentials to the bearings of HDD spindle motor. In addition, the bearing characteristics are influenced by manufacturing error because of small size of the bearings of HDD. In this paper, the geometrical optimization is carried out to maximize the bearing stiffness using sequential quadratic programming to improve vibration characteristics. Additionally, the bearing stiffness is analyzed considering dimensional tolerance of the bearing using statistical method. The dimensional tolerance is assumed to distribute according to the Gaussian distribution, and then the bearing stiffness is estimated by combining the expectation and standard deviation. As a result, in the robust optimum design, new groove geometry of bearing can be obtained in which the bearing stiffness is four times higher than the stiffness of conventional spiral groove bearing. Moreover, the bearing has lower variability compared with the result of optimum design neglecting dimensional tolerance.展开更多
Laptop personal computers(LPCs) and their components are vulnerable devices in harsh mechanical environments. One of the most sensitive components of LPCs is hard disk drive(HDD) which needs to be protected against da...Laptop personal computers(LPCs) and their components are vulnerable devices in harsh mechanical environments. One of the most sensitive components of LPCs is hard disk drive(HDD) which needs to be protected against damages attributable to shock and vibration in order to have better magnetic read/write performance. In the present work, a LPC and its HDD are modeled as two degrees of freedom system and the nonlinear optimization method is employed to perform a passive control through minimizing peak of HDD absolute acceleration caused by a base shock excitation. The presented shock excitation is considered as half-sine pulse of acceleration. In addition, eleven inequality constraints are defined based on geometrical limitations and allowable intervals of lumped modal parameters. The target of the optimization is to reach optimum modal parameters of rubber mounts and rubber feet as design variables and subsequently propose new characteristics of rubber mounts and rubber feet to be manufactured for the HDD protection against shock excitation. The genetic algorithm and the modified constrained steepest descent algorithm are employed in order to solve the nonlinear optimization problem for three widely-used commercial cases of HDD. Finally, the results of both optimization methods are compared to make sure about their accuracy.展开更多
To optimize the existing slurry for abrasive-free polishing(AFP)of hard disk substrate,a water-soluble free radical initiator,2,2-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane]dihydrochloride(AIBI)is introduced to the H2O2-base...To optimize the existing slurry for abrasive-free polishing(AFP)of hard disk substrate,a water-soluble free radical initiator,2,2-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane]dihydrochloride(AIBI)is introduced to the H2O2-based slurry.The polishing results show that,the material removal rate(MRR)of hard disk substrate polished with H2O2-based slurry containing AIBI is obviously higher than that without AIBI.The acting mechanism of the improved MRR is investigated.Electron paramagnetic resonances tests show that,by comparison with H2O2 slurry,H2O2-AIBI slurry provides higher concentration of hydroxyl radicals.Auger electron spectrometer analyses further demonstrate that the oxidation ability of H2O2-AIBI slurry is much greater than H2O2 slurry.In addition,potentiodynamic polarization tests show that the corrosion dissolution rate of hard disk substrate in H2O2-AIBI slurry is increased.Therefore that stronger oxidation ability and a higher corrosion dissolution rate of H2O2-AIBI slurry lead to higher MRR can be concluded.展开更多
This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupli...This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupling approach was used, where the fluid and structural components were solved sequentially. The result obtained was a ratio of 0.65 between the vibration amplitudes of a fixed head stack assembly (HSA) and a moving HSA. The ratio was next applied on a real 3.5 inch HDD, to allow the parameter to be further improved upon. A new benchmark index of 0.69 was developed from this. This parameter may allow future researchers to model the out of plane vibrations of a HSA easily, saving precious time. A 31% more accurate simulation of FSI within 3.5 inch HDD at 15000 rpm is achieved by the use of this new coupling method and benchmark index.展开更多
Increasing performance parameters of hard disk drive (HDD) such as higher capacity and faster data access speed with decreasing physical size make HDD more susceptible to thermal effects. Contact temperature measureme...Increasing performance parameters of hard disk drive (HDD) such as higher capacity and faster data access speed with decreasing physical size make HDD more susceptible to thermal effects. Contact temperature measurement using thermocouple is not suitable for the rotating platter of HDD. Heat analysis using simulation software requires accurate initial parameter setting such as thermal (initial & boundary) conditions of certain regions. Temperature measurement using infrared (IR) system avoids these limitations;it is non-contact, responsive and does not require initial parameter setting. Thermal pattern distribution can be studied from the thermal images. However, emissivity of the target has to be known and calibration of the system is essential for accurate temperature reading. This paper showed that temperature within the HDD increases with ambient temperature and time, but the thermal distribution pattern in the HDD was not affected by different ambient temperatures. Three wall boundary conditions were conducted to study the thermal distribution pattern in the HDD. A solution was then proposed based on the results obtained from the experiments to improve the heat transfer rate and steady state temperature, and reduce the detrimental effects from high thermal generation in future prototypes. Another important finding was that the averaged temperature of the head cap was generally higher compared to that of the disk, as the spindle motor is the primary heat source within the HDD. Heat source analysis of HDD with IR system allows designers to have better visibility of the temperature generated in different components of the HDD. Proper cooling may enhance disk life as well as ensure the stability and integrity of the system.展开更多
The effect of tert-butyl hydroperoxide-sodium pyrosulfite((CH3)3COOH-Na2S2O5)as an initiator system in H2O2-based slurry was investigated for the abrasive-free polishing(AFP)of a hard disk substrate.The polishing resu...The effect of tert-butyl hydroperoxide-sodium pyrosulfite((CH3)3COOH-Na2S2O5)as an initiator system in H2O2-based slurry was investigated for the abrasive-free polishing(AFP)of a hard disk substrate.The polishing results show that the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry exhibits a material removal rate(MRR)that is nearly 5 times higher than that of the H2O2 slurry in the AFP of the hard disk substrate.In addition,the surface polished by the slurry containing the initiator exhibits a lower surface roughness and has fewer nano-asperity peaks than that of the H2O2 slurry.Further,we investigate the polishing mechanism of H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry.Electron spin-resonance spectroscopy and auger electron spectrometer analyses show that the oxidizing ability of the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry is much greater than that of the H2O2 slurry.The results of potentiodynamic polarization measurements show that the hard disk substrate in the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry can be rapidly etched,and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis indicates that the oxide film of the hard disk substrate formed in the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry may be loose,and can be removed easily during polishing.The better oxidizing and etching ability of H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry leads to a higher MRR in AFP for hard disk substrates.展开更多
Verifying the integrity of a hard disk is an important concern in computer forensics,as the law enforcement party needs to confirm that the data inside the hard disk have not been modified during the investigation.A t...Verifying the integrity of a hard disk is an important concern in computer forensics,as the law enforcement party needs to confirm that the data inside the hard disk have not been modified during the investigation.A typical approach is to compute a single chained hash value of all sectors in a specific order.However,this technique loses the integrity of all other sectors even if only one of the sectors becomes a bad sector occasionally or is modified intentionally.In this paper we propose a k-dimensional hashing scheme,kD for short,to distribute sectors into a kD space,and to calculate multiple hash values for sectors in k dimensions as integrity evidence.Since the integrity of the sectors can be verified depending on any hash value calculated using the sectors,the probability to verify the integrity of unchanged sectors can be high even with bad/modified sectors in the hard disk.We show how to efficiently implement this kD hashing scheme such that the storage of hash values can be reduced while increasing the chance of an unaffected sector to be verified successfully.Experimental results of a 3D scheme show that both the time for computing the hash values and the storage for the hash values are reasonable.展开更多
In this paper, control design is investigated for hard disk drives in mobile applications with unknown external arbitrarily fast time-varying disturbances. The disturbances can be estimated with exponential accuracy u...In this paper, control design is investigated for hard disk drives in mobile applications with unknown external arbitrarily fast time-varying disturbances. The disturbances can be estimated with exponential accuracy using the proposed disturbance observer based on a series of integral filters. The position error signal will converge to zero with the proposed control technique for systems subjected to the unknown disturbances. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by extensive simulation studies.展开更多
The dependence of tribology behavior of hard disk on scanning velocity was investigated by friction force microscopy in both air and vacuum. It is found that the sur-face friction force decreases with increasing scann...The dependence of tribology behavior of hard disk on scanning velocity was investigated by friction force microscopy in both air and vacuum. It is found that the sur-face friction force decreases with increasing scanning velocity in air as well as in vacuum. In vacuum, due to the capillary force disappearing, the adhesive energy decreases signifi-cantly, and the friction force is much smaller than that in air.展开更多
Most hard disk spindles currently used are supported by grease lubricated deep-groove ball bearings.However, in the trend of increasing spindle speed and reducing size and cost, the shortcomings of ball bearing spin-d...Most hard disk spindles currently used are supported by grease lubricated deep-groove ball bearings.However, in the trend of increasing spindle speed and reducing size and cost, the shortcomings of ball bearing spin-dles, such as high non-repeatable run out, high acoustic noise and short life time at high running speed, make themunsuitable for high performance hard disk drives (HDD). On the contrary, the dynamic characteristics of hydrody-namic bearing spindles are superior to that of ball bearing spindles. Therefore, they are considered to be the substi-tute of ball bearing spindles in HDD. In this paper, a simulative setup of HDD is build up. The dynamic characteristicsof liquid lubricated spiral groove bearing(SGB) spindles are studied. The effects of both operating condition andbearing clearance are investigated. It is found that running speed of the spindle has significant influence on its dy-namic performance, while the load has little influence. The effect of clearance is also evident.展开更多
详细介绍了利用 Disk Manager2000对新硬盘进行安装及安装中盘符交错的问题。安装后如何对硬盘进行维护、分区等。其中介绍了重新分区、正确定位光驱盘符、不同盘之间的文件拷贝,以及怎样创建 For Dos 的启动盘。同时介绍了硬盘检测工具...详细介绍了利用 Disk Manager2000对新硬盘进行安装及安装中盘符交错的问题。安装后如何对硬盘进行维护、分区等。其中介绍了重新分区、正确定位光驱盘符、不同盘之间的文件拷贝,以及怎样创建 For Dos 的启动盘。同时介绍了硬盘检测工具 Run SmartedFender 使用方法。展开更多
Disk scheduling is one of the main responsibilities of Operating System. OS manages hard disk to provide best access time. All major Disk scheduling algorithms incorporate seek time as the only factor for disk schedul...Disk scheduling is one of the main responsibilities of Operating System. OS manages hard disk to provide best access time. All major Disk scheduling algorithms incorporate seek time as the only factor for disk scheduling. The second factor rotational delay is ignored by the existing algorithms. This research paper considers both factors, Seek Time and Rotational Delay to schedule the disk. Our algorithm Fuzzy Disk Scheduling (FDS) looks at the uncertainty associated with scheduling incorporating the two factors. Keeping in view a Fuzzy inference system using If-Then rules is designed to optimize the overall performance of disk drives. Finally we compared the FDS with the other scheduling algorithms.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 50390060)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60576022 and 50572012)
文摘This paper reports that amorphous silicon nitride （a-SiNx） overcoats were deposited at room temperature by microwave ECR plasma enhanced unbalanced magnetron sputtering. The 2 nm a-SiNs overcoat has better anti-corrosion properties than that of reference a-CNx overcoats （2 4.5 nm）. The superior anti-corrosion performance is attributed to its stoichiometric bond structure, where 94.8% Si atoms form Si-N asymmetric stretching vibration bonds. The N/Si ratio is 1.33 as in the stoichiometry of Si3N4 and corresponds to the highest hardness of 25.0 GPa. The surface is atomically smooth with RMS 〈 0.2 nm. The ultra-thin a-SiNx overcoats are promising for hard disks and read/write heads protective coatings.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 10472038）；the Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China for Ph.D. Programme （No. 20050730016）；the National Science Foundation of China for 0utstanding Young Researchers （No. 10025208）.
文摘Based on generalized the variation method, by introducing Hamilton function and Lagrange multiplier, this paper proposed a linear quadratic optimal control strategy for an incomplete controllable system with fixed terminal state and time. Applying the proposed optimal control to the simple two-input dual-stage actuator magnetic head positioning system with three degrees-of-freedom, the simulation results show that the system has no residual vibration at the terminal position and time, which can reduce the total access time during head positioning process. To verify the validation of the optimal control strategy of three degrees-of-freedom spring-mass models in actual magnetic head positioning of hard disk drives, a finite element model of an actual magnetic head positioning system is presented. Substituting the optimal control force from simple three degrees-of-freedom spring-mass models into the finite element model, the simulation results show that the magnetic head also has no residual vibration at the end of track-to-track travel. That is to say, the linear quadratic optimal control technique based on simple two-input dual- stage actuator system with three degrees-of-freedom proposed in this paper is of high reliability for the industrial application of an actual magnetic head positioning system.
文摘This paper describes the experimental study on shock response of FDB （fluid dynamic bearing） spindle for HDDs （hard disk drives）. The FDBs are widely used as rotating shaft support elements for HDD spindle motors. Recently, the opportunity for the HDD spindle motors exposed to external vibration has been increasing because the HDDs are used for various information related equipment such as mobile PCs （personal computers）, video cameras, car navigation systems and so on. Hence, the rotating shaft has a possibility to come in contact with the bearing by external shocks and it causes wear or seizure to the bearing surface. To avoid the problem, it is extremely important to know how the spindle moves against the large shock on HDDs experimentally. However, as far as the authors know, there are few experimental studies treating the shock response of HDD spindles. In this paper, firstly, we propose a new test rig and experimental method for shock response of FDB spindles. Then the shock tests against the radial and axial disturbance on FDB spindle for 2.5＂ HDD are conducted. Finally, the experimental results of shock response waveforms and maximum displacement of disk are shown.
文摘The present paper discusses a design method for the head position in a Hard Disk Drive （HDD） control system. In the HDD control system, the sampling interval of the head position is constrained because of the hardware specifications, but the hold interval of the control input is not constrained. In the present study, a multirate control system is designed, in which the sampling and the hold intervals are not equal. A multirate control law, which stabilizes a closed-loop system, is extended using newly introduced parameters such that the sample response of the plant output is maintained. Furthermore, intersample ripples in the steady state are eliminated using the new design parameters, which can be selected independently of the sample response. As a result, the intersample response can be improved independently of the sample response. The proposed method is applied to a benchmark problem of an HDD system, and its effectiveness is demonstrated.
文摘In this hard disk record system,the IDE hard disk is controlled by FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array),and the image is recorded to file format directly.In the same time,the recorded image is real-time and lossless.All of this is convenient for subsequent processing.
文摘This paper describes the robust optimum design which combines the geometrical optimization method proposed by Hashimoto and statistical method. Recently, 2.5″ hard disk drives (HDDs) are widely used for mobile devices such as laptops, video cameras and car navigation systems. In mobile applications, high durability towards external vibrations and shocks are essentials to the bearings of HDD spindle motor. In addition, the bearing characteristics are influenced by manufacturing error because of small size of the bearings of HDD. In this paper, the geometrical optimization is carried out to maximize the bearing stiffness using sequential quadratic programming to improve vibration characteristics. Additionally, the bearing stiffness is analyzed considering dimensional tolerance of the bearing using statistical method. The dimensional tolerance is assumed to distribute according to the Gaussian distribution, and then the bearing stiffness is estimated by combining the expectation and standard deviation. As a result, in the robust optimum design, new groove geometry of bearing can be obtained in which the bearing stiffness is four times higher than the stiffness of conventional spiral groove bearing. Moreover, the bearing has lower variability compared with the result of optimum design neglecting dimensional tolerance.
文摘Laptop personal computers(LPCs) and their components are vulnerable devices in harsh mechanical environments. One of the most sensitive components of LPCs is hard disk drive(HDD) which needs to be protected against damages attributable to shock and vibration in order to have better magnetic read/write performance. In the present work, a LPC and its HDD are modeled as two degrees of freedom system and the nonlinear optimization method is employed to perform a passive control through minimizing peak of HDD absolute acceleration caused by a base shock excitation. The presented shock excitation is considered as half-sine pulse of acceleration. In addition, eleven inequality constraints are defined based on geometrical limitations and allowable intervals of lumped modal parameters. The target of the optimization is to reach optimum modal parameters of rubber mounts and rubber feet as design variables and subsequently propose new characteristics of rubber mounts and rubber feet to be manufactured for the HDD protection against shock excitation. The genetic algorithm and the modified constrained steepest descent algorithm are employed in order to solve the nonlinear optimization problem for three widely-used commercial cases of HDD. Finally, the results of both optimization methods are compared to make sure about their accuracy.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51175317)the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20123108110016)
文摘To optimize the existing slurry for abrasive-free polishing(AFP)of hard disk substrate,a water-soluble free radical initiator,2,2-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane]dihydrochloride(AIBI)is introduced to the H2O2-based slurry.The polishing results show that,the material removal rate(MRR)of hard disk substrate polished with H2O2-based slurry containing AIBI is obviously higher than that without AIBI.The acting mechanism of the improved MRR is investigated.Electron paramagnetic resonances tests show that,by comparison with H2O2 slurry,H2O2-AIBI slurry provides higher concentration of hydroxyl radicals.Auger electron spectrometer analyses further demonstrate that the oxidation ability of H2O2-AIBI slurry is much greater than H2O2 slurry.In addition,potentiodynamic polarization tests show that the corrosion dissolution rate of hard disk substrate in H2O2-AIBI slurry is increased.Therefore that stronger oxidation ability and a higher corrosion dissolution rate of H2O2-AIBI slurry lead to higher MRR can be concluded.
文摘This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupling approach was used, where the fluid and structural components were solved sequentially. The result obtained was a ratio of 0.65 between the vibration amplitudes of a fixed head stack assembly (HSA) and a moving HSA. The ratio was next applied on a real 3.5 inch HDD, to allow the parameter to be further improved upon. A new benchmark index of 0.69 was developed from this. This parameter may allow future researchers to model the out of plane vibrations of a HSA easily, saving precious time. A 31% more accurate simulation of FSI within 3.5 inch HDD at 15000 rpm is achieved by the use of this new coupling method and benchmark index.
文摘Increasing performance parameters of hard disk drive (HDD) such as higher capacity and faster data access speed with decreasing physical size make HDD more susceptible to thermal effects. Contact temperature measurement using thermocouple is not suitable for the rotating platter of HDD. Heat analysis using simulation software requires accurate initial parameter setting such as thermal (initial & boundary) conditions of certain regions. Temperature measurement using infrared (IR) system avoids these limitations;it is non-contact, responsive and does not require initial parameter setting. Thermal pattern distribution can be studied from the thermal images. However, emissivity of the target has to be known and calibration of the system is essential for accurate temperature reading. This paper showed that temperature within the HDD increases with ambient temperature and time, but the thermal distribution pattern in the HDD was not affected by different ambient temperatures. Three wall boundary conditions were conducted to study the thermal distribution pattern in the HDD. A solution was then proposed based on the results obtained from the experiments to improve the heat transfer rate and steady state temperature, and reduce the detrimental effects from high thermal generation in future prototypes. Another important finding was that the averaged temperature of the head cap was generally higher compared to that of the disk, as the spindle motor is the primary heat source within the HDD. Heat source analysis of HDD with IR system allows designers to have better visibility of the temperature generated in different components of the HDD. Proper cooling may enhance disk life as well as ensure the stability and integrity of the system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51175317)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20123108110016)Tribology Science Fund of State Key Laboratory of Tribology(No.SKLTKF11B06).
文摘The effect of tert-butyl hydroperoxide-sodium pyrosulfite((CH3)3COOH-Na2S2O5)as an initiator system in H2O2-based slurry was investigated for the abrasive-free polishing(AFP)of a hard disk substrate.The polishing results show that the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry exhibits a material removal rate(MRR)that is nearly 5 times higher than that of the H2O2 slurry in the AFP of the hard disk substrate.In addition,the surface polished by the slurry containing the initiator exhibits a lower surface roughness and has fewer nano-asperity peaks than that of the H2O2 slurry.Further,we investigate the polishing mechanism of H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry.Electron spin-resonance spectroscopy and auger electron spectrometer analyses show that the oxidizing ability of the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry is much greater than that of the H2O2 slurry.The results of potentiodynamic polarization measurements show that the hard disk substrate in the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry can be rapidly etched,and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis indicates that the oxide film of the hard disk substrate formed in the H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry may be loose,and can be removed easily during polishing.The better oxidizing and etching ability of H_(2)O_(2)-C_(4)H_(10)O_(2)-Na_(2)S_(2)O_(5) slurry leads to a higher MRR in AFP for hard disk substrates.
基金Project supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR,China (No. RGC GRF HKU 713009E)the NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme (No. N_HKU 722/09)HKU Seed Fundings for Basic Research (Nos. 200811159155 and 200911159149)
文摘Verifying the integrity of a hard disk is an important concern in computer forensics,as the law enforcement party needs to confirm that the data inside the hard disk have not been modified during the investigation.A typical approach is to compute a single chained hash value of all sectors in a specific order.However,this technique loses the integrity of all other sectors even if only one of the sectors becomes a bad sector occasionally or is modified intentionally.In this paper we propose a k-dimensional hashing scheme,kD for short,to distribute sectors into a kD space,and to calculate multiple hash values for sectors in k dimensions as integrity evidence.Since the integrity of the sectors can be verified depending on any hash value calculated using the sectors,the probability to verify the integrity of unchanged sectors can be high even with bad/modified sectors in the hard disk.We show how to efficiently implement this kD hashing scheme such that the storage of hash values can be reduced while increasing the chance of an unaffected sector to be verified successfully.Experimental results of a 3D scheme show that both the time for computing the hash values and the storage for the hash values are reasonable.
文摘In this paper, control design is investigated for hard disk drives in mobile applications with unknown external arbitrarily fast time-varying disturbances. The disturbances can be estimated with exponential accuracy using the proposed disturbance observer based on a series of integral filters. The position error signal will converge to zero with the proposed control technique for systems subjected to the unknown disturbances. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by extensive simulation studies.
文摘The dependence of tribology behavior of hard disk on scanning velocity was investigated by friction force microscopy in both air and vacuum. It is found that the sur-face friction force decreases with increasing scanning velocity in air as well as in vacuum. In vacuum, due to the capillary force disappearing, the adhesive energy decreases signifi-cantly, and the friction force is much smaller than that in air.
文摘Most hard disk spindles currently used are supported by grease lubricated deep-groove ball bearings.However, in the trend of increasing spindle speed and reducing size and cost, the shortcomings of ball bearing spin-dles, such as high non-repeatable run out, high acoustic noise and short life time at high running speed, make themunsuitable for high performance hard disk drives (HDD). On the contrary, the dynamic characteristics of hydrody-namic bearing spindles are superior to that of ball bearing spindles. Therefore, they are considered to be the substi-tute of ball bearing spindles in HDD. In this paper, a simulative setup of HDD is build up. The dynamic characteristicsof liquid lubricated spiral groove bearing(SGB) spindles are studied. The effects of both operating condition andbearing clearance are investigated. It is found that running speed of the spindle has significant influence on its dy-namic performance, while the load has little influence. The effect of clearance is also evident.
文摘Disk scheduling is one of the main responsibilities of Operating System. OS manages hard disk to provide best access time. All major Disk scheduling algorithms incorporate seek time as the only factor for disk scheduling. The second factor rotational delay is ignored by the existing algorithms. This research paper considers both factors, Seek Time and Rotational Delay to schedule the disk. Our algorithm Fuzzy Disk Scheduling (FDS) looks at the uncertainty associated with scheduling incorporating the two factors. Keeping in view a Fuzzy inference system using If-Then rules is designed to optimize the overall performance of disk drives. Finally we compared the FDS with the other scheduling algorithms.
