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3.4  Dimensionless pressure and inlet-to-outlet ratio  77
3.5  Cylindrical journal bearing geometry and 
coordinate system  78
3.6  Dimensionless pressure distribution as function 
of angle at different eccentricities  80
3.7  Real surface profi le and some roughness parameters  81
3.8  Computer image of surface with randomly 
generated asperity heights and roughness step  84
3.9  Surface with sinusoidal (a) and triangular 
(b) roughness  84
3.10  Schematic of unequally roughened surfaces 
(a) and gap geometry in X,H plane (b) at wave 
number k = 5, roughness height ratio 
R
a1
/R
a2
 = 0.5, and phase displacement Φ = 1/(4k) 86
3.11  Typical pressure distribution in lubricating fi lm 
between sinusoidal surfaces with wave number 2, 
wave ratio 1, and asperity height of lower surface 
0.5 and upper surface 0.25, at time 1/(2k) (a) and 
at coordinate y = 1/(2k) (b).  91
3.12  Typical pressure distribution in lubricating fi lm 
between rough surfaces with wave number 2 at 
wave ratio 0.5 with asperity height of lower 
surface 0.5 and of upper surface 0.25 along: 
(a) entire rough surface at time 1/(2k); (b) X, T 
coordinates at Z = 1/(4k) 92
3.13  Maximal pressures versus asperity height ratio at 
different wave ratios with reference wave 
number k
x
 = 100  94
3.14  Maximal and cavitation pressures at different 
numbers of waves and roughness values at 
wave ratio 1 (a) and 2 (b)  95
3.15  Schematic of surface (a), surface profi le (b), and 
gap geometry (c) at wave numbers k
1x
 = 3,  k
2x
 = 5, 
k
1z
 = 2,  k
2z
 = 3, and time and phase displacement of 
upper surface Φ = T = 1/(2  k
2x
) 99