Analysis of surface textured air bearing sliders with rarefaction effects

Tribology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-261

  Murthy, Aravind N ^a   Etsion, Izhak ^b   Talke, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air bearings; Hydrodynamic bearings; Load carrying capacity; Magnetic data storage; Rarefaction effects; Slider air bearing; Surface texture

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS; RAREFACTION EFFECTS; SLIDER AIR BEARING; SURFACE TEXTURE;

DAMPING; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIC STORAGE; STIFFNESS;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DAMPING; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIC STORAGE; STIFFNESS;

EID: 35549004910     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9269-y     Document Type: Article

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