Air bearing surface designs in consideration of thermomechanical actuation efficiency

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Shuyu ^a   Lee, Sung Chang ^a   Kim, Dongman ^a   Ferber, Joerg ^a   Strom, Brian ^a   Tyndall, George ^a  

^a SAMSUNG INFORMATION SYSTEMS AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABS design; Air bearing; Efficiency; Force; Pressure; Thermomechanical actuation

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DESIGN; FORMING; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TRANSDUCERS;

ABS DESIGN; AFFECTED AREAS; AIR BEARING; AIR BEARINGS; FLYING HEIGHTS; FORCE; RECORDING MEDIAS; THERMO MECHANICALS; THERMOMECHANICAL ACTUATION;

THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 57149135068     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2958075     Document Type: Article

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