The Eyring sinh law is presently the most well-accepted model for shear-thinning of EHD lubricants at high pressure. It was, however, not accepted for this purpose by Eyring, who found it to be of only limited usefulness for thixotropy. Then, it is extremely important that these models receive a critical review using data obtained by modern methods to evaluate the actual Eyring models and show how they differ from the model in use today. Data from high-pressure viscometers were used to validate the actual Eyring models. The Ree-Eyring model for shear-thinning obeys time-temperature-pressure superposition. A film thickness calculation shows it to suffer from the same anomalous behavior in sliding contact as does the sinh law.
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