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Investigation of Head/Disk Contacts in Helium–Air Gas Mixtures

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The shock response of a pico-type magnetic recording slider in different helium–air gas mixtures is investigated numerically. A finite element-based air bearing simulator and a slider/disk contact model including van der Waals and friction forces are coupled to determine the contact characteristics between slider and disk. The minimum flying height and the maximum contact force are studied as a function of helium percentage and disk velocity. The results show that the dynamic performance of the slider is not affected substantially as long as the helium percentage is <50 % but is increasingly more affected if the helium percentage becomes larger than 50 %.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Hanya-san, John Hogan and Ross Cuyler of NHK International Corporation for their interest and support of this work. Zhengqiang Tang is a visiting graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, from South China University of Technology (SCUT). He would like to thank the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Prof. W. Xia from SCUT, for supporting his PhD studies at UCSD.

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  1. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, People’s Republic of China

    Zhengqiang Tang

  2. Western Digital Corporation, 5863 Rue Ferrari, San Jose, CA, 95138, USA

    Pablo A. Salas Mendez

  3. Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    Zhengqiang Tang & Frank E. Talke

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Tang, Z., Mendez, P.A.S. & Talke, F.E. Investigation of Head/Disk Contacts in Helium–Air Gas Mixtures. Tribol Lett 54, 279–286 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-014-0311-6

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