Squeeze Film Characteristics between Sphere and Rough Porous Flat Plate with Micro-polar Fluids

摘要

The effects of surface roughness on the squeeze film characteristics between a sphere and flat plate covered with a thin porous layer are investigated in this paper. The sphere and the plate are separated by a micropolar fluid. The well-established Christensen stochastic theory of hydrodynamic lubrication of rough surfaces is used to incorporate the effects of surface roughness into the Reynolds equation. The film pressure distribution is solved and other squeeze film characteristics, such as the load-carrying capacity, and time-height relationship, are obtained. The results indicate that lubrication a micropolar fluid is essential for increasing the load-carrying capacity and lengthening the squeeze film time, regardless to the surface rough and porosity of the flat plate. It is also found that excessive permeability of the porous layer causes a significant drop in the squeeze film characteristics and minimizes the effect of surface roughness. For the case of limited or no permeability, the azimuthal roughness is found to increase the load-carrying capacity and squeeze time, whereas the reverse results are obtained for the case of radial roughness.