Publisher: Trans Tech Publications
E-ISSN: 1662-8985|2014|1061|862-865
ISSN: 1022-6680
Source: Advanced Materials Research, Vol.2014, Iss.1061, 2015-01, pp. : 862-865
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Abstract
This research aims at presenting the airflow simulation within the high speed Hard Disk Drive by installing the device called Spoiler which helps to reduce the airflow velocity before colliding with the read/write head. Due to the high speed airflow within the hard disk drive, it directly impacts on the vibration of the read/write arm and consequently causing the damage and inaccuracy function of the read/write head. The rotational speed of the platter is specified at 20,000 rpm (round per minute). According to this study, the length of Spoiler is divided into 4 values which are 15, 20, 25 and 30 millimeters respectively. Thereafter, apply each length of the Spoiler to the commercial software called Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) by using K-epsilon model. The result shows that the length of Spoiler at 30 millimeters can reduce the average airflow velocity by 57.18%.
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