Effect of ultra-thin liquid lubricant films on dynamics of nano-spacing flying head sliders in hard disk drives

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 565-572

  Tagawa, Norio ^a   Yoshioka, Noritaka ^b   Mori, Atsunobu ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Production Engineering Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ANTIFRICTION BEARINGS; CAPILLARITY; DYNAMICS; HARD DISK STORAGE; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC HEADS;

LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER (LDV); LUBRICANT FILMS; NANO SPACING FLYING HEADS; SLIDERS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AIR BEARING; DISK DRIVE; FILM LUBRICANT; FILM THICKNESS;

EID: 3543036368     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1739409     Document Type: Article

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