Nano-contact, contact detection and prevention in high density hard disk drives

• Main Author: Shen, Shengnan
• Other Authors: Liu Bo
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/51043
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis presented theoretical and experimental studies of the characteristics of the head/disk interface at very low flying height for the next generation high density hard disk drives. The study started with a discussion of the tribological background of the head/disk interface and presented a...