A New Approach for Estimating the Friction in Thin Film Lubrication

Table 1

Table of input data for the numerical example.

Parameter	Description	Value	Unit
𝐿1	Pad length (𝑥1)	0.1	m
𝐿2	Pad length (𝑥2)	0.2	m
𝜇	Fluid viscosity	0.2	Pa s
𝐴	Roughness amplitude	0.4⋅10^−5	m
ℎ1	Maximum of ℎ0	2.0⋅10^−5	m
ℎ2	Minimum of ℎ0	1.0⋅10^−5	m
𝑉=(𝑉1,𝑉2)	Velocity of the upper surface	(1,0)	m/s