Abstract: For a particle entrained in an air bearing, various forces, such as the viscous drag force, Saffmann and Magnus lift forces and gravity force, will act on it. Such particles may pass through ...

Abstract: Particles in the head disk interface may cause large contact forces acting on the slider as well as thermal asperities in the read/write signal. This is especially true for the close spacing ...

Abstract: For some complex slider designs the two dimensional approximation incorporated in the Reynolds equation for determining the airflow in the air bearing is not applicable due to steps in the air ...