.... Several comparisons between conventional Reynolds equation solutions and the extended Reynolds number form with temporal inertia effects are presented and discussed. In the specific cases considered in this paper, the primary conclusion is that the turbulence effects are significantly more important than...

...Noël Brunetière; Bernard Tournerie The aim of this paper is to present a numerical model to compute laminar, turbulent, and transitional incompressible fluid flows in thin lubricant films where inertia effects cannot be neglected. For this purpose, an averaged inertia method is used. A numerical...

...Noël Brunetière; Bernard Tournerie A theoretical study of thin fluid film flows between rotating and stationary disks is presented. Inertia terms are included using an averaged method. It is assumed that inertia effects do not influence the shape of velocity profiles. It is shown...