Abstract
Computer simulation of bouncing vibration and wear characteristics of an in-contact head slider was performed using 3-degrees-of-freedom (3-DOF) model of a head-suspension assembly, considering the meniscus force generated by the surface energy of the lubricant on the magnetic disk. As a result of the calculation, it was found that a optimal surface energy for design of the contact head/disk interface system could be obtained by the simulation. It was pointed out that the 3-DOF model was more advantageous than the 1-DOF or 2-DOF model to obtain the dynamic characteristics of the in-contact head slider.