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FIZIKA A 12 (2003) 1 , 1-8
 
EFFECT OF SLIP VELOCITY IN A POROUS SECANT-SHAPED SLIDER BEARING WITH A
FERROFLUID LUBRICANT
RAJESH C. SHAHa and M. V. BHATb
aDepartment of Mathematics, Nirma Institute of Technology,
Gandhinagar-Sarkhej Highway, Post. Chandlodia, Ahmedabad - 382 481, Gujarat State, India
bE-202, Riddhi Complex, Near Jodhpur Village, Ahmedabad - 380 015, Gujarat
State, India
Received 6 July 2002; revised manuscript received 6 January 2003
Accepted 7 April 2003 Online 20 September 2003
We analysed a bearing with a secant shaped slider and with the stator having a porous
facing backed by a solid wall, using a magnetic fluid lubricant flowing as per Jenkins
model. Computed values of the bearing characteristics are displayed in tabular form. The
load capacity, friction on the slider and the coefficient of friction decreased with
increasing values of the slip parameter. The load capacity decreased and friction as well
as the coefficient of friction increased with increasing values of the material parameter.
However, the position of the centre of pressure did not significantly alter owing to the
changes in slip parameter. But it slowly shifted towards the inlet when the material
parameter increased.
PACS numbers: 81.40.Pq, 46.55.+d
UDC 531.78
Keywords: magnetic fluid, lubrication, porous, secant shaped slider, Jenkins model,
slip
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