Characteristics of Air Bearing Suction Force in Magnetic Recording Disks

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-554

  Peng, Jih Ping ^a   Hardie, Cal E ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0342745645     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2831573     Document Type: Article

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