Inert gas filled head-disk interface for future extremely high density magnetic recording

Tribology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Zhou, W D ^a   Liu, B ^a   Yu, S K ^a   Hua, W ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hard disk drive; Head disk interface; Protrusion; Thermal actuated slider

Indexed keywords

A THERMALS; AIR BEARINGS; FIELD ANALYSIS METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLYING HEIGHTS; HARD DISK DRIVE; HEAD-DISK INTERFACE; HEAT TRANSFER MODELS; HIGH-DENSITY MAGNETIC RECORDINGS; INERT GAS; LUBRICATION EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC MEDIAS; MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC SPACINGS; MODEL-BASED; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS MODELS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PROTRUSION; RECORDING DENSITIES; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; THERMAL ACTUATED SLIDER; THERMAL ACTUATIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

AIR; AIR LUBRICATION; ARGON; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DYNAMICS; GASES; HARD DISK STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM; INERT GASES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 60349129473     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9405-3     Document Type: Article

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