A chebyshev spectral collocation method for the solution of the reynolds equation of lubrication
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1993Source
Journal of Computational PhysicsVolume
106Issue
1Pages
42-51Google Scholar check
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A multi-domain, Chebyshev collocation method is presented for the solution of ultra-thin gas bearing problems. The behavior of the flow varies across the computational domain with very sharp gradients occurring in the side and trailing edge boundary layers. The decomposition of the computational domain allows independent control over the representation of the solution in each subdomain. A multi-parameter continuation scheme is used to facilitate the convergence as the parameters of the problem are varied over a wide range. The method is shown to be well suited for the simulation of lubrication flow between textured surfaces even in the presence of very steep pressure boundary layers. © 1993 by Academic Press, Inc.