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Volume 27, Issue 3, March 1974, Pages 345-357
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A more general form of reynolds equation–Application to rough surfaces

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Abstract

It is shown that if one of the two moving contact surfaces is either rough or deformed and thus cannot be assimilated to a plane, Reynolds equation takes on a different form which is not equivalent to the classical equation. Sliding velocities are shown in this case to be determinant.

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