A numerical simulation method to evaluate the static and dynamic characteristics of flying head sliders on patterned disk surfaces

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Hayashi, Takefumi ^a   Yoshida, Hideyo ^b   Mitsuya, Yasunaga ^c  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JRI Solutions Limited   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flying head slider; Magnetic disk storage; Mixed averaging method; Patterned disk

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION IMPLICIT METHODS; AVERAGING METHOD; DISCRETE TRACK RECORDING; DISK SURFACES; FLYING HEAD SLIDER; MESH POINTS; MIXING RATIOS; MOLECULAR GAS LUBRICATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD; PRESSURE FLOW; SPACING VARIATIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SURFACE PATTERN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; HARD DISK STORAGE; LUBRICATION; MAGNETIC STORAGE;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 77955119901     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3063696     Document Type: Article

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