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nsti ised e 7 In this study a numerical method for general applications with non-Newtonian fluids is developed to investigate the pure squeeze When two bodies approach each other along a normal viscosity index improver, such as liquefied gas lubri-cants and bodily fluids like blood and synovia, the Christensen [1] numerically studied the pure squeeze an oily plate. Their analysis was restricted to normal motion, in order to develop a numerical procedure, and to relate the overall findings to the results presented ARTICLE IN PRESSby Safa and Gohar [6]. Larsson and Höglund [7,8] showed that the maximum pressure in a lubricant film could reach levels higher than in the correspondin