Abstract: A numerical solution for two-dimensional free convective laminar flow in the Trombe wall channel has recently been presented by Akbari and Borgers [1 ]. Their analysis assumed no flow losses ...

Abstract: Despite its obvious economic importance, the filtration process has seldom, if ever, been scientifically studied from the perspective of tribology. It is not well known among tribologists that ...

Abstract: An upstream potential flow analysis is performed for the entrance region of a narrow channel in the presence of fluid inertia forces. Existing thin film solutions for slider bearings have an ...

Abstract: A modified form of Reynolds’ equation is obtained by integrating the thin film equations across the film and approximating the nonlinear inertia terms using the lubrication theory velocity field. ...

Abstract: A rheological model has been developed which can be applied to boundary lubrication. The model is applicable to thin films in which the molecular length scale is the same order as the film ...

Abstract: In certain applications where the lubricant is subjected to rapidly changing conditions along its flowing path (such as an elastohydrodynamic contact), the time dependent nature of the lubricant ...

Abstract: In the thermal analysis of an asperity on a sliding surface in frictional contact with an opposing surface, conditions are often idealized as a moving heat source. The solution to this problem ...

Abstract: Layered liquid crystals hold promise as advanced lubricants. These materials have been exhaustively studied from a fundamental continuum mechanics perspective. Recent studies from a lubrication ...

Abstract: A similarity solution may be obtained for the case of a narrow channel where the gap h varies, according to (a + bx) m . The lower surface may slide in either direction and there may be ...