Abstract: Partial contact at the head/tape interface is investigated as a function of changes in the head/tape spacing due to asperity compression during contact. A model of head/tape contact, based on ...

Abstract: The effect of tape surface roughness on the head-tape interface is investigated for typical head contours using tapes with different surface roughness characteristics. Intensity-based monochromatic ...

Abstract: A plasticity index formula for the contact between a flat plane and crater-shaped laser bumps is derived based on contact analysis of a circular cylinder in contact with a flat plane. The ...

Abstract: The wear behavior of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coated sliders for proximity recording is investigated as a function of sliding distance, spindle speed and slider “interference height” using Raman ...

Abstract: The thickness of a thin absorbing carbon step on a strongly absorbing magnetic layer is measured using contact stylus and noncontact optical profilometer instrumentation, The dependence of optical ...

Abstract: A model for the contact area and static friction of nominally flat rough surfaces and rough spherical surfaces is presented. The model extends previously published models, which are limited to ...

Abstract: A model to establish the correlation between wear in constant speed drag testing and contact start/stop testing is developed. The model is based on the Archard wear equation and uses the ...

Abstract: The “take-off” behavior of proximity recording sliders is investigated using acoustic emission and phase demodulated laser interferometry. A biquadratic surface fit of the air bearing surface is ...

Abstract: Instrumentation for the simultaneous acquisition of three monochromatic interference patterns for the measurement of head/tape spacing in magnetic tape drives is described. An algorithm to process ...