Modified Reynolds Equation for Ultra-Thin Film Gas Lubrication Using 1.5-Order Slip-Flow Model and Considering Surface Accommodation Coefficient

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Mitsuya

A 1.5-order modified Reynolds equation for solving the ultra-thin film gas lubrication problem is derived by using an accurate higher-order slip-flow model. This model features two key differences from the current second-order slip-flow model. One is the involvement of an accommodation coefficient for momentum. The other is that the coefficient of the second-order slip-flow term is 4/9 times smaller than that for the current model. From the physical consideration of momentum transfer, the accommodation coefficient is found to have no affect on the second-order slip-flow term. Numerical calculations using the 1.5-order modified Reynolds equation are performed. The results are compared with those obtained using three kinds of currently employed modified Reynolds equations: those employing the first- and second-order slip-flow models and those utilizing the Boltzmann equation. These comparisons confirm that the present modified Reynolds equation provides intermediate characteristics between those derived from the first- and second-order slip-flow models, and produces an approximation closer to the exact solution resulting from the Boltzmann-Reynolds equation.

Author(s):  
Cem Dolu ◽  
Lu¨tfullah Kuddusi

First and second order slip flow models in rectangular microchannels heated at constant and uniform wall temperature are studied. The velocity and temperature profiles for hydrodynamically and thermally developed incompressible slip flow regime available in literature are used. The average nondimensional slip velocity and temperature jump are found by using first and second order slip flow models. The average Nusselt number is also derived by using both first and second order slip flow models. The effects of Knudsen number, aspect ratio and second order slip flow model on the heat transfer characteristics of microchannel are explored.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Mitsuya ◽  
T. Ohkubo

This paper presents a study into the gas lubrication capability of an ultra-thin 0.025 μm film (converted value for ambient air film). The experimental results obtained using subambient helium as the lubricating film are compared with the calculated results using the modified Reynolds equation considering flow slippage due to the molecular mean free path effects. This comparison confirms that the slip flow model holds true within the range of the present experiments, and that the modified Reynolds equation is applicable for designing the computer flying heads operating at such thin spacing. The reason for the excellent agreement is discussed considering the locality of rarefaction effects on the lubricating surfaces and the anisotropy of these effects between the film thickness and the slider width.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3273-3282
Author(s):  
M.E.H. Hafidzuddin ◽  
R. Nazar ◽  
N.M. Arifin ◽  
I. Pop

The problem of steady laminar three-dimensional stagnation-point flow on a permeable stretching/shrinking sheet with second order slip flow model is studied numerically. Similarity transformation has been used to reduce the governing system of nonlinear partial differential equations into the system of ordinary (similarity) differential equations. The transformed equations are then solved numerically using the \texttt{bvp4c} function in MATLAB. Multiple solutions are found for a certain range of the governing parameters. The effects of the governing parameters on the skin friction coefficients and the velocity profiles are presented and discussed. It is found that the second order slip flow model is necessary to predict the flow characteristics accurately.


Author(s):  
Wang-Long Li

A lubrication theory that includes the effects of electric double layer (EDL) and boundary slip is developed. Both effects are important in microflow, and thus in lubrication problems. They have opposite effects on velocity distributions between lubricating surfaces. Also, the velocity distribution induced by the EDL stream potential (electroviscous effect) is affected by the boundary slip. Under the usual assumptions of lubrication and Debye-Hu¨ckel approximation for low surface potential, the Navier-Stokes equation with body force due to the electrical potential as well as the widely accepted Navier slip boundary conditions is utilized on deriving the modified Reynolds equation. Effects of EDL and boundary slip on the 1-D bearing performance are discussed by solving the modified Reynolds equation numerically.


1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (Part 1, No. 4A) ◽  
pp. 1974-1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Sei ◽  
Kohei Nagayama ◽  
Kotaro Kajikawa ◽  
Hisao Ishii ◽  
Kazuhiko Seki ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Shitendu Some ◽  
Sisir K Guha

A theoretical analysis of the steady-state characteristics of finite hydrostatic double-layered porous journal bearings dealing with the effects of slip flow at the fine porous layer–film interface and percolation of additives into pores under the coupled stress fluid lubrication is presented. Based on the Beavers–Joseph’s criterion for slip flow, the modified Reynolds equation applicable to finite porous journal bearings lubricated with coupled stress fluids have been derived. The governing equations for flow in the coarse and fine layers of porous medium incorporating the percolation of polar additives of lubricant and the modified Reynolds equation are solved simultaneously using finite difference method satisfying appropriate boundary conditions to obtain the steady-state performance characteristics for various parameter namely percolation factor, slip coefficient, bearing feeding parameter, coupled stress parameter, and eccentricity ratio. The results are exhibited in the form of graphs, which may be useful for design of such bearing.


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