Numerical simulation of the head/disk interface for patterned: Media

Tribology Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Murthy, Aravind N ^a   Duwensee, Maik ^a,b   Talke, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit patterned media; Finite element method; Magnetic data storage; Patterned slider; Slider air bearing

Indexed keywords

BIT PATTERNS; BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA; DISCRETE TRACK MEDIA; DISK SURFACES; FINITE ELEMENT; FLYING HEIGHTS; HARD DISK DRIVE; HEAD/DISK INTERFACES; MAGNETIC DATA STORAGE; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; MESH SIZE; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL COMPLEXITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PATTERN HEIGHTS; PATTERN PITCH; PATTERNED MEDIAS; PATTERNED SLIDER; PITCH ANGLE; PRESSURE GENERATION; RECORDING DENSITY; SINGLE DOMAINS; SKEW ANGLES; SLIDER AIR BEARINGS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; THERMAL STABILITY; TRAILING EDGES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARD DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS EQUATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC STORAGE;

EID: 77952673391     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-009-9570-z     Document Type: Article

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