Optimum design of a HDD suspension system

Abstract

Topology optimisation is one of the most efficient and effective numerical tools for design/optimisation
of a hard disk drive (HDD) suspension. In this paper, the application of topology optimisation to the conceptual
design of a suspension is presented. The impact of predefined topological design domains on the resulting load
beam topologies is investigated. The comparison shows that the predefined design domains of the topological
design problem have an impact on the suspension dynamic characteristics.