The thermal asperity (TA) defect resulting from the collision between an asperity and the magneto-resistive (MR) read head can distort the readback signal to the extent of causing possible sector read failure. This paper presents a new TA detection and correction algorithm for perpendicular recording channels. The proposed algorithm consists of two channels running in parallel, one for the H1(D...

The fundamental processes of tribology related to friction, wear, and adhesion [1–3] are still not well understood [4,5]. When a single asperity touches and slides on a surface, complex phenomena such as local rearrangements of atoms, permanent change of the surface structure [6], and more macroscopic phenomena such as dislocation motion or microstructural changes can occur. As the interface is...

15 In order to reproduce slow earthquakes with short duration such as very low 16 frequency events (VLFs) migrating along the trench direction as swarms, we apply a 17 3-D subduction plate boundary model based on the slowness law of rate-and 18 2 state-dependent friction, introducing close-set numerous small asperities 1 (rate-weakening regions) at a depth of 30 km under high pore pressure cond...

A model has been developed to predict crack opening and closing behavior for propagating fatigue cracks which undergo significant sliding displacements at crack flanks. Crack surfaces were described statistically by assuming a random distribution of asperity heights and a mean density of asperities and asperity radii. The propagating crack was subdivided into strips, and each strip was treated ...

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) treatment was used on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), a common articulating counter material employed in hip and knee replacements. UHMWPE is a biocompatible polymer with low friction coefficient, yet does not have robust wear characteristics. CAP effectively cross-links the polymer chains of the UHMWPE improving wear performance (Perni et al., A...