Advances in Information Storage Systems: Volume 5

This volume presents cutting edge research from throughout the world on the electromechanical, mechanics, materials science, design, and manufacturing problems of this burgeoning industry. Adhering to the highest editorial standards, 33 carefully chosen, peer-reviewed archival quality papers cover such broad areas of the magnetic information storage industry as the dynamics and control of magnetic rigid disk drives, the mechanics and tribology of magnetic rigid disk drives, and the mechanics of flexible magnet media.