Department of Mechanical Engineering, Taoyuan Innovation Institute of Technology, No. 414, Sec. 3, Jhongshan E. Rd., Jhongli, Taiwan. Corresponding Author. E-mail: jrlin@tiit.edu.tw
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Taoyuan Innovation Institute of Technology, Chungli, Taiwan.
The characteristics of a hydromagnetic non-Newtonian squeeze film formed between parallel rectangular plates under the application on an external magnetic field are investigated. A specific hydromagnetic non-Newtonian Reynolds equation is derived via pplication of the hydromagnetic flow theory together with the micro-continuum theory. It is found that the coupled effects of electrically conducting fluids and micropolar fluids result in a higher load capacity and a longer approaching time with respect to the non-conducting Newtonian case. These improved characteristics become more pronounced as the magnetic Hartmann parameter, the coupling parameter, and the fluid-gap parameter are increased.
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