A nonlinear boundary slip model consisting of an initial slip length and a critical shear rate was used to study the nonlinear boundary slip of squeeze fluid film confined between two approaching spheres. It is found that the initial slip length controls the slip behavior at small shear rate, but the critical shear rate controls the boundary slip at high shear rate. The boundary slip at the squeeze fluid film of spherical surfaces is a strongly nonlinear function of the radius coordinate. At the center or far from the center of the squeeze film, the slip length equals the initial slip length due to the small shear rate. However, in the high shear rate regime the slip length increases very much. The hydrodynamic force of the spherical squeeze film decreases with increasing the initial slip length and decreasing the critical shear rate. The effect of initial slip length on the hydrodynamic force seems less than that of the critical shear rate. When the critical shear rate is very small the hydrodynamic force increases very slowly with a decrease in minimum film thickness. The theoretical predictions agree well with the experiment measurements.
This paper presents a stress controlled boundary slip model and predicts the fluid-solid interface slip in a system of parallel sliding plates or a sphere approaching a smooth plane. The numerical simulation results are in striking agreement with the existing experimental observations. This model assumes that there is a limiting shear stress. No slip occurs if the surface shear stress is smaller than the limiting shear stress, and slip occurs when the surface shear stress equals it. It is found that boundary slip dramatically decreases the hydrodynamic pressure if the two squeezed surfaces have the same slip property. Finally, the hydrodynamic force reaches a saturation status and almost does not decrease any more. Compared with the no-slip solution, hydrodynamic force is found to decrease by over two orders in the case of boundary slip. When the squeezed surfaces have different slip properties, however, the hydrodynamic pressure is mainly controlled by the surface having a smaller surface limiting shear stress, and reduces more slowly compared with the case of two surfaces having the same slip property. Even when one of the surfaces has a zero surface limiting shear stress, a considerable hydrodynamic force still exists.
