Lubrication of rough surfaces - A microcontinuum analysis (Q1057129)

The micropolar fluid theory, in which the deformation of the microelement is ignored, is applied to study the effects of surface roughness in lubrication. The problem considered is that of a rough journal bearing, where, for convenience, only the stationary part of the bearing is assumed to be rough. In line with \textit{H. Christensen}'s stochastic theory [Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. 184, 1013 ff. (1969)] the cases of longitudinal and transverse roughness are studied.