A numerical scheme for static and dynamic simulation of subambient pressure shaped rail sliders

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 36-46

  Cha, Ellis ^a   Bogy, D B ^b  

^a Conner Peripherals ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; SLIDERS; SLIDEWAYS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HARD DISK STORAGE; LUBRICATION;

GUPPY SLIDER; POWER LAW SCHEME; SUBAMBIENT PRESSURE SHAPED RAIL SLIDERS; TRANSVERSE PRESSURE CONTOUR SLIDER; VARIABLE TIME STEP ALGORITHM;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0029137064     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2830604     Document Type: Article

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