International Journal of Rotating Machinery 
Volume 2005 (2005), Issue 2, Pages 105-111
doi:10.1155/IJRM.2005.105

A Multicoefficient Slip-Corrected Reynolds Equation for Micro-Thin Film Gas Lubrication

Eddie Yin-Kwee Ng and Ningyu Liu

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

Received 30 March 2004

Abstract

This work investigates and analyzes the performance of conventional slip models among various regimes of Knudsen number and developes a new multicoefficient slip-velocity model, by using Taguchi quality control techniques and numerical analysis. A modified Reynolds equation is also derived based on the new slip-flow model. The multicoefficient slip model and its slip-corrected Reynolds equation are suitable to a wide Knudsen range from slip to transition regime. In comparison with other conventional slip models, it is found that the current results have a better agreement with the solution obtained from the linearized Boltzmann equation and direct simulation of Monte Carlo method (DSMC).