Lubricant thickness modulation induced by head-disk dynamic interactions

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 112-117

  Ma, Xiaoding ^a   Tang, Huan ^a   Stirniman, Michael ^a   Gui, Jing ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flyability; Head disk interaction; Lubricant; Slider air bearing; Waviness

Indexed keywords

AIR LUBRICATION; BONDING; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; THICKNESS CONTROL; TRIBOLOGY;

HEAD DISK DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; SLIDER AIR BEARINGS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0036241910     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.988921     Document Type: Article

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