Studies on head/disc contact area increase during contact start/stop and continuous drag testing of thin film discs

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-10

  Koka, R ^a   Pitchford, T ^a   Jesh, M ^a   Egbert, D ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC HEADS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BEARING RATIO CURVES; CONTACT START/STOP; CONTINUOUS DRAG TESTING; GREENWOOD WILLIAMSON MODEL; THIN FILM DISCS; Z HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0027347706     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009308983125     Document Type: Article

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