Performance of sliders flying over discrete-track media

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 712-719

  Li, Jianhua ^a   Xu, Junguo ^a   Shimizu, Yuki ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air bearing slider; Discrete track medium; Flying height; Head disk interface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY;

AIR BEARING SLIDER; DISCRETE-TRACK MEDIA; FLYING HEIGHT; HEAD-DISK INTERFACE;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 35348989317     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2768069     Document Type: Article

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