Modeling adhesive forces for ultra low flying head disk interfaces Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • This paper addresses a major issue in microtribology related to the head/disk interface (HDI) in magnetic storage. This is the issue of strong intermolecular (adhesive) forces that may be present at the interface with very smooth surfaces. More specifically, a model termed the sub-boundary lubrication (SBL) model is developed and applied to typical HDIs. It uses the Lennard-Jones attractive potential to characterize the intermolecular forces, and a statistical surface roughness model.

author list (cited authors)

  • Polycarpou, A. A.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Polycarpou, AA

editor list (cited editors)

  • Hsu, S. M., & Ying, Z. C.

Book Title

  • Nanotribology

publication date

  • January 2003