A momentary contact of asperities will generate transient flash temperature phenomena in boundary lubrication. According to the viscosity–temperature characteristics of lubricant, the inhomogeneous distribution of temperature during the process of asperity contact would cause the inhomogeneous distribution of oil viscosity. This paper proposes a coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian based approach to analyze the influence of inhomogeneous distribution of viscosity on the friction coefficient of an asperity junction. The asperity interaction in boundary lubrication with different sliding velocities and different degrees of overlap of the undeformed surfaces were taken into account. Simulation results showed that the friction coefficient is proportional to the overlap and inversely proportional to sliding velocity. The results also showed that the influence of inhomogeneous distribution of oil viscosity on friction coefficient in boundary lubrication is limited.
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