Numerical contact and stiction analyses of Gaussian isotropic surfaces for magnetic head slider/disk contact

Wear

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-82

  Poon, Chin Y ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperity contact; Head disk interface; Lubricant film thickness; Numerical models; Stiction; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; FILMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STICTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THICKNESS CONTROL;

ASPERITY CONTACT; FILM THICKNESS; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; ISOTROPIC GAUSSIAN SURFACES; LUBRICANT FILM; MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER;

SURFACES;

CONTACT; LUBRICATION-FILM; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0030431682     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(95)06852-X     Document Type: Article

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