Abstract: Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle is used to show that the configuration of the one-dimensional slider bearing which carries the maximum load for a specified minimum film thickness, is a modified ...

Abstract: In most studies devoted to dynamic wetting, the viscosity of the ambient air is neglected compared with that of the liquid, which equivalently means that the surrounding air is considered to ...

Abstract: Additives are commonly used to improve the performance of lubricating oils. Correlatively, the lubricant viscosity depends on the rate of shear: the fluid becomes non-Newtonian. Assuming that the ...

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 ...

Abstract: This study is concerned with the influence of fluid inertia in thin film steady or transient laminar flows, emphasizing the role of initial conditions and inlet boundary conditions. Most existing ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present an extension of the optimum Rayleigh slider bearing to take into account some non-Newtonian effects. The main characteristics of the flow and of the nonlinear ...