... between two solids is supposed to be the Newtonian fluid. The fluid viscosity and density are considered to be dependent on the fluid pressure. To determine the unknown film thickness and fluid pressure at the lubricant contact region, a numerical iterative method is employed to simultaneously solve...

... sequential SOR with optimal relaxation factor are around 210 and 135, respectively, for the slider and journal bearing simulations. Table 1 Empirically determined α (Eq. 2 ) for the bearing models and iterative methods Model Slider Journal bearing Iterative method SOR RBSOR SOR RBSOR...

... by both the transformation method and the iterative method applied. In this study, Newton’s method shows its effectiveness over the straightforward DFI method when the same iterative method is used. It is demonstrated that the use of an optimal relaxation factor is of vital importance for the efficiency...