The elastohydrodynamic lubrication problem, in which the lubricant pressure and film thickness are sensitive to surface deformation, is solved by using a finite element procedure and the Newton method. The numerical procedure is applied to the point contact problem, in which a thin lubricant film is maintained between two balls loaded together by a high load under conditions of pure rolling. The present analysis shows that pressure spikes are formed near the outlet region, a result which has been found in the line contact problem and which has been conjectured in the present problem.
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