
xiii
List of fi gures
3.4 Dimensionless pressure and inlet-to-outlet ratio 77
3.5 Cylindrical journal bearing geometry and
coordinate system 78
3.6 Dimensionless pressure distribution as function
of angle at different eccentricities 80
3.7 Real surface profi le and some roughness parameters 81
3.8 Computer image of surface with randomly
generated asperity heights and roughness step 84
3.9 Surface with sinusoidal (a) and triangular
(b) roughness 84
3.10 Schematic of unequally roughened surfaces
(a) and gap geometry in X,H plane (b) at wave
number k = 5, roughness height ratio
R
a1
/R
a2
= 0.5, and phase displacement Φ = 1/(4k) 86
3.11 Typical pressure distribution in lubricating fi lm
between sinusoidal surfaces with wave number 2,
wave ratio 1, and asperity height of lower surface
0.5 and upper surface 0.25, at time 1/(2k) (a) and
at coordinate y = 1/(2k) (b). 91
3.12 Typical pressure distribution in lubricating fi lm
between rough surfaces with wave number 2 at
wave ratio 0.5 with asperity height of lower
surface 0.5 and of upper surface 0.25 along:
(a) entire rough surface at time 1/(2k); (b) X, T
coordinates at Z = 1/(4k) 92
3.13 Maximal pressures versus asperity height ratio at
different wave ratios with reference wave
number k
x
= 100 94
3.14 Maximal and cavitation pressures at different
numbers of waves and roughness values at
wave ratio 1 (a) and 2 (b) 95
3.15 Schematic of surface (a), surface profi le (b), and
gap geometry (c) at wave numbers k
1x
= 3, k
2x
= 5,
k
1z
= 2, k
2z
= 3, and time and phase displacement of
upper surface Φ = T = 1/(2 k
2x
) 99