... 07 2010 14 12 2010 17 03 2011 17 03 2011 Boltzmann equation Knudsen flow lubrication magnetic disc storage magnetic recording numerical analysis surface roughness surface topography discrete track recording DTR lubrication equation slider-disk interface data...

... is discussed. A dual stage actuator tape head is investigated to improve track-following capability and increase the track density on a magnetic tape. electromagnetic actuators magnetic heads magnetic recording magnetic tape storage magnetic tapes magnetic tape recording lateral tape motion...

... 11 07 2008 26 11 2008 computational fluid dynamics disc drives hard discs magnetic heads magnetic recording microchannel flow Monte Carlo methods rarefied fluid dynamics Magnetic recording has become the main technology for the storage of digital data...

... friction hard discs magnetic heads mechanical contact magnetic recording particles data erasure Rapid increase in the areal density of hard drives has been driving the track width and bit size to a fraction of a micrometer and < 100 nm , respectively. However, such a sharp...

...Saurabh K. Deoras; Frank E. Talke A single-degree-of-freedom spring-mass-damper model has been developed to simulate the dynamic response of a typical magnetic recording slider under the effect of intermolecular forces. Thornton and Bogy (2003, IEEE Trans. Magn., 39(5), pp. 2420–2422) have...

..., ultrahigh roll stiffness and damping, low nanoscale adhesion forces, uniform FH track-seeking motion, dynamic load/unload, and FH modulation. Slider B was found to exhibit an overall enhancement in performance, stability, and reliability in ultrahigh density magnetic recording. 15 03 2006 17 06...

...Li-Yan Zhu; Chao-Hui Yang; Yen Fu; Ellis Cha In the design of a magnetic recording disk file, pitch moment exerted by the flexure on the slider is usually treated as a product of flexure pitch static attitude and pitch-stiffness ( k p ) , both measured in the absence of preload (gram-load). However...

... with increasing contact. 01 02 2005 07 03 2006 mechanical contact vibrational modes sliding friction magnetic recording head-disk interface air bearing dynamics One very important aspect of head-disk dynamics is missing from both modeling and experimental verification. When...

...Saurabh K. Deoras; Frank E. Talke System identification methods have been used to study the response of a magnetic recording slider during contact with a scratch on the disk surface. In addition, the slider response was studied taking into account the effect of disk micro-waviness at various disk...

... of entering the air-bearing, contacting the slider and the disk surface, and/or contaminating the slider surfaces. contamination adhesion fluid dynamics approximation theory multiphase flow magnetic recording 05 June 2003 06 November 2003 09 11 2004 Contributed...

...Sang-Joon Yoon, Research Professor; Dong-Hoon Choi, Professor A new approach for topology designs of slider air bearings in magnetic recording disk drives is suggested by using large-scale discrete variable optimization techniques. Conventional optimization techniques are restricted to the original...

... to the fully loaded state, the resulting flying height of the slider may be about two orders of magnitude higher than the intended nominal flying height. Under certain circumstances, the slider may never reach the nominal flying height required for proper operation of the magnetic recording process...

...Ainissa G. Ramirez; Robert Sinclair; C. Girvin Harkins; A. Robert Lin The influence of alumina and titanium carbide, components of magnetic recording sliders, on the carbon gasification reaction was investigated. Pure alumina and titanium carbide powders were each combined with graphite powder...

... Division July 5, 2001; revised manuscript received October 30, 2001. Associate Editor: G. G. Adams. 05 July 2001 30 October 2001 24 09 2002 finite element analysis hard discs disc drives deformation surface topography elastoplasticity magnetic recording coatings cracks...

...-textures, with pitch and depth optimally designed, are very effective for increasing the air film damping for flying head slider bearings operating in proximity magnetic recording hard disk drives. Comparison of air film dynamics for various flying head sliders 7 Effect...

... friction hard discs disc drives magnetic recording wear The areal recording density of hard disk drives is increasing at a rate of 100 percent a year, and a recording density of more than 50 Gbit/in. 2 has been realized in a laboratory by flying type sliders whose flying height is about 10 nm...

... that minimizes not only the slider static flying height increase but also spacing dynamic modulations is discussed in order to achieve ultra-high density proximity magnetic recording. Contributed by the Tribology Division for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY . Manuscript received...