...Maghsood Daliri; Nader Javani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate squeezing motion between conical plates lubricated by ferro-fluid couple stress lubricants considering convective fluid inertia effects. Design/methodology/approach Based upon the Stokes couple stress theory...

... and lengthen the response time as compared to the case using a Newtonian lubricant; however, the non-Newtonian behaviors of pseudoplastic lubricants result in reverse influences. Originality/value – Numerical tables for squeeze-film loads of conical plates are also provided for engineering applications...