A numerical study of air-bearing slider form-factors

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 553-558

  Thornton, Brian H ^a   Bogy, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DAMPING; MACHINE DESIGN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; THIN FILMS;

AIR BEARING SLIDERS; AIR BEARING SURFACES (ABS); SINUSOIDAL DISKS;

TRIBOLOGY;

AIR BEARING; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLIDING BEARING; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 3543023292     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1691435     Document Type: Article

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