A computational study of contact mechanics between magnetic recording heads and thin-film disks©

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 490-494

  Okamoto, Noriaki ^a   Ezawa, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ceramics; Contact mechanics; Magnetic data storage systems tribology; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTACT STRESS; HEADS/DISCS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

MAGNETIC HEADS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STICTION; THIN FILMS; TRIBOLOGY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC FILM STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION;

CONTACT STRESS; HARD DISK; RECORDING HEAD; THEORETICAL STUDY; AIR LUBRICANT FILM; CONTACT MECHANICS; MICROSCOPIC CONTACT; SLIDER DISK INTERACTIONS; THIN FILM DISKS;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0030111515     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009608983557     Document Type: Article

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