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Secondly, waviness was assumed on both surfaces. The magnitude of the film oscillations in the centre of the contact has been monitored as a function of the sliding velocity and amplitude ratio. Again the behaviour can be traced back to the squeeze term and mass flow variations. Furthermore, it is shown that, for the conditions considered here, accurate predictions can be obtained on the basis of the results obtained for single-sided waviness. A simple formula is presented.
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