Contact take-off characteristics of proximity recording air bearing sliders in magnetic hard disk drives

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 948-954

  Hu, Yong ^a  

^a Quinta Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LUBRICATION; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; DURABILITY; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

AIR BEARING SLIDERS; ARCHARD'S WEAR LAW; MAGNETIC HARD DISK DRIVES; PARTIAL CONTACT AIR BEARING MODELS; PROXIMITY RECORDING;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

AIR BEARING; CONTACT; MAGNETIC DISC; WEAR;

EID: 0033212858     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2834160     Document Type: Article

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