Effects of moving three-dimensional nano-textured disk surfaces on thin film gas lubrication characteristics for flying head slider bearings in magnetic disk storage

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-158

  Tagawa, N ^a   Hayashi, T ^a   Mori, A ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS;

FLYING HEAD SLIDER BEARINGS;

GAS LUBRICATED BEARINGS;

DISK DRIVE; GAS; LUBRICATION; MAGNETIC DISC; SLIDING BEARING;

EID: 0034925574     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1326442     Document Type: Article

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