Friction Force, Contact Resistance, and Lubricant Shear Behavior at the Magnetic Head-Disk Interface During Starting

S. Wang; K. Komvopoulos

doi:10.1115/1.2833893

Journal of Tribology | Volume 119 | Issue 4 | Research Paper

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Friction Force, Contact Resistance, and Lubricant Shear Behavior at the Magnetic Head-Disk Interface During Starting

S. Wang and K. Komvopoulos

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S. Wang, K. Komvopoulos

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

J. Tribol 119(4), 830-839 (Oct 01, 1997) (10 pages) doi:10.1115/1.2833893 History: Received September 20, 1995; Revised May 20, 1996; Online January 24, 2008

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During the starting operation of magnetic rigid disks, a stiction phenomenon characterized by a high friction force may be encountered due to the smoothness of the contacting surfaces and the small thickness of the lubricant film. Since friction measurement using a force transducer yields a signal proportional to the slider displacement, the real friction force at the head-disk interface cannot be measured directly. In the present study, a dynamic data analysis scheme is developed to obtain the real friction force as a function of time based on the measured apparent friction force. Electric contact resistance measurements demonstrate that the transition from static to kinetic friction occurs before the apparent friction force reaches a maximum value. Assuming a constant acceleration of the disk, the relative slip velocity at the contact interface is obtained as a function of time. The relationship between the shear stress and shear strain rate for a relatively thick lubricant film is found to be approximately linear up to a critical value of the shear stress. Due to the extremely high shear strain rates, the maximum real friction force can be significantly greater than the maximum static friction force.

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Wang SS, Komvopoulos KK. Friction Force, Contact Resistance, and Lubricant Shear Behavior at the Magnetic Head-Disk Interface During Starting. ASME. J. Tribol. 1997;119(4):830-839. doi:10.1115/1.2833893.

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