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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech Eng. 2003 Oct;125(5):585–593. doi: 10.1115/1.1610020

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Total normal contact traction (a) for early time response (t = 0.01 sec) (b) an intermediate time when the pool of lubricant has collapsed (t = 500 sec), and (c) near equilibrium response (t = 10000 sec). For this case W = 0.5kN/m, R = 0.1 m, α = 2.5μm and λ = 500μm.