Squeeze film lubrication between circular stepped plates: Rabinowitsch fluid model

Abstract In this paper, a theoretical analysis on the squeeze film characteristics between circular stepped plates lubricated with Rabinowitsch fluid is presented. By using Rabinowitsch fluid model, the modified Reynolds type equation is derived to study the dilatant and pseudoplastic nature of the fluid in comparison with Newtonian fluid. The closed form solution is obtained by using perturbation method. According to the results obtained, the load-carrying capacity and squeeze film time increases for dilatant fluids as compared to the corresponding Newtonian fluids whereas the reverse trend is observed for pseudoplastic fluids. Further, it is observed that the response time decreases as the step height increases.

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