.... Associated Editor: D. A. Siginer. 16 August 2000 28 April 2001 perturbation theory non-Newtonian flow non-Newtonian fluids film flow pressure lubrication confined flow laminar flow In recent years, hydrodynamically lubricated bearings are used under increasingly severe...

... are given for uniform pressure applied to a rectangular region of the surface of an elastic/plastic half-space. For the corresponding plane problem, results for the classical Hill and Prandtl failure mechanisms are compared. Three-dimensional results are found to differ significantly from those of the plane...

... the viscoelastic material response. An integral equation is derived and a numerical algorithm for its solution subject to appropriate subsidiary conditions is constructed. The contact interval length, pressure, and coefficient of hysteretic friction are presented and the results discussed. The quantity v...

...S. Naili; C. Oddou The lateral surface of a cylindrical structure, which is composed of a thin tube embedded in a large outer medium, is submitted to a uniform external pressure. The buckling pressure of such a structure, corresponding to a low flexural state of the inner tube wall...