Abstract
The present work is a numerical and experimental study about the behavior of flexible disks with different thicknesses and different material properties rotating close to fixed and co-rotating rigid flat-stabilizers in open air. The Navier-Stokes equations along with the continuity equation are used to model the fluid flow in the air film between the flexible disk and the rigid stabilizer whereas a linear plate theory is used to model the lateral displacement of the flexible disk. An experimental test-rig is designed to investigate the effects of the rotation speed, the initial gap height and the inlet-hole size on the axial run-out of the different flexible disks. Finally, a comparison between the experimental and the numerical results is made.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 4815967 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2186-2189 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 May |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF); a grant funded by the Korean government (MEST) (No. R17-2008-040-0100-0). The authors would like to thank N. Onagi (RICOH Company, Ltd. Japan) for the careful preparation of the flexible disks.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering