Effects of suspension limiters on the dynamic load/unload process: numerical simulation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2490-2492

  Zeng, Qing Hua ^a   Bogy, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bearing slider; Dynamic load unload; Numerical simulation; Suspension; Suspension limiter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; LIMITERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

DYNAMIC LOAD/UNLOAD PROCESSES; SUSPENSION LIMITERS;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033184231     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800868     Document Type: Article

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