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In lubricated contacts, the fluid film protects and separates the two contacting surfaces. Depending on the pressure and on the surface velocities, different lubricated regimes can occur. These different lubricated regimes are successively described and some pictures show their occurrence in different contacts.
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Frêne et al. (2009) studied this question.
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