Visualization and characterization of slider-disk interactions in dynamic load/unload processes

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 743-748

  Liu, Bo ^a   Ma, Yansheng ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Head disk interface; Load unload; Magnetic recording; Slider disk interaction

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; PROBABILITY; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; VISUALIZATION;

SLIDER DISK INTERACTIONS; UNLOAD PROCESSES;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0037358676     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.809007     Document Type: Article

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