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Mechanics and Reliability of Flexible Magnetic Media
Mechanics and Reliability of Flexible Magnetic Media Author:Bharat Bhushan The first of its kind, this book is a systematic compilation of current knowledge of mechanics and reliability of flexible magnetic media. Chapter 1 presents the brief descriptions of physics of magnetic recording, magnetic storage systems and manufacturing processes of magnetic media. Chapter 2 presents a brief description of manufacturing proc... more »esses of poly (ethylene terephthalate) films commonly used as flexible media substrate, and physical and chemical properties of the PET films and coated magnetic media. Chapter 4 presents analytical predictions of stresses in wound magnetic tapes and flexible disks. In Chapter 5, long-term reliability problems of magnetic tapes encountered during storage and use are discussed; their descriptions, mechanisms and methods of preventing them are presented. In Chapter 6, long-term reliability problems of flexible disks encountered during storage and use are discussed. Viscoelasticity theories presented in this book are very general and are applicable in systems other than magnetic-storage ones. This book is intended for three types of readers: graduate students of magnetic recording, the research worker who intends to become active in this field, and the practicing engineer who has encountered a reliability problem and hopes to solve it as expeditiously as possible.« less