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A commonly held view among those reasonably familiar with tribology is that the modeling of a hydrodynamic thick-film contact, and even that of an elastohydrodynamic contact, is a “closed book”; whereas the modeling of a much thinner film, either boundary lubricated or nonlubricated, is effectively impossible.
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Tichy, J.A. (1988). Modelling of Dry and Boundary Lubricated Contacts As Seen From The Hydromicist’s Perspective. In: Approaches to Modeling of Friction and Wear. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3814-0_5
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