A heat transfer model for thermal fluctuations in a thin slider/disk air bearing

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1791-1800

  Zhang, S ^a   Bogy, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstructure heat transfer; MR head; Slider disk air bearing; Thermal asperity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSDUCERS;

MAGNETORESISTIVE TRANSDUCERS; THERMAL ASPERITY; THIN SLIDER/DISK AIR BEARINGS;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; SLIDING CONTACT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344436071     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00267-1     Document Type: Article

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