Research Article

The Performance of Squeeze Film between Parallel Triangular Plates with a Ferro-Fluid Couple Stress Lubricant

Table 1

Rheological parameters of lubricant.

Initial film thickness: ho = 12 × 10−5 m
Triangle geometry: a = 0.2 m
Viscosity of main liquid: η0 = 2.7 × 10−5 pa·s
Couple stress material constants: ηc = 3.888 × 10−15 N·s
Squeezing velocity: V = 3.2 m/s
Characteristic length of the additives: lc = 12 × 10−6 m
Couple stress parameter:  = 0.1
The free space permeability: μp = 4π × 10−7 kg·m·s−2·Amp−2
Magnetic moment of a particle: m = 0.04
Magnetic field: Ho = 1.6363×10−5 Amp·m−1
The Boltzmann constant: KB = 1.38 × 10−23 kg·m2·s−2·k−1
The absolute temperature: T = 298k
The Langevin parameter: ξ = 10