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 magnetic media.