Effect of peak radius on design of W-type donut shaped laser textured surfaces

Wear

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-123

  Chilamakuri, Sameera ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head disk interface; Laser texturing; Meniscus force; Stiction; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; STICTION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TUNGSTEN;

LASER TEXTURING; MAGNETIC DISK DRIVES; MENISCUS FORCE;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

LASER; MAGNETIC DISC; MAGNETIC DRIVE; TEXTURE; WEAR;

EID: 0032869664     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(99)00088-5     Document Type: Article

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