Abstract: Ultra-thin gas squeeze film characteristics are analyzed by extending Pan’s asymptotic theory for infinite squeeze number to the molecular gas film lubrication equation which was derived from the ...

Abstract: Ultra-thin gas squeeze film characteristics for finite squeeze numbers are examined by solving the molecular gas film lubrication (MGL) equation, which has a similar form to the conventional ...

Abstract: To estimate molecular gas film lubrication (MGL) characteristics, we propose a modified bearing number Λ′ and a modified squeeze number σ′, which are, respectively, the conventional bearing Λ ...