Research Article

Slider Posture Effects on Air Bearing in a Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording System

Figure 6

The variations of (a) total bearing force acted on the slider surface and (b) positions of resultant force with the heated spot size for different pitch angles. The normalized total force represents the respective total force with a heated spot divided by the total force without a heated spot.
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