The work to be described here was undertaken in the preliminary stages of a research programme designed to study the true extent of lubricant films in non-stationary, grooved, rectangular thrust bearings. In such externally pressurized bearings an air-lubricant interface may be formed. The study of this interface was seen as a useful step in a consideration of film formation and flow rate prediction in liquid film journal bearings.
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