A generalized heat transfer model for thin film bearings at head-disk interface

The physics of the heat transfer process from the slider of a hard disk drive to its disk is discussed. A generalized heat transfer model, which incorporates various molecular dynamics models, is proposed to solve the heat transfer problem in thin film bearings at head-disk interface. The proposed model considers the impact of molecular collisions between film molecules and solid surfaces, which plays an important role in the heat transfer of thin film bearings and is expected to improve the accuracy of predicting the thermal protrusion caused by the heating of the slider at the head-disk interface of hard disk drives.

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