... types of fluid bearing, namely, hydrodynamic bearing, aerodynamic bearing, hybrid fluid bearing and bi-directional rotating fluid bearing are studied in the work First, hydrodynamic bearings ... performance of different types of fluid bearings The hydrodynamic bearing will be first investigated since, among fluid bearings, it is the most widely used in the spindle motors for data storage ... recommendations for further work are presented in Chapter The design steps of electric motor for spindles are shown in Appendix A Chapter FLUID BEARINGS 2.1 Classification of Fluid Bearings Fluid film bearing...