A journal bearing of the form shown in Figure 10.8 is being designed to carry a load of two metric tons. The liquid being used is conventional lubricating oil with a viscosity of \(1 \mathrm{~Pa} \cdot \mathrm{s}\) at \(100^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). If the bearing angle is \(0.05^{\circ}\), the length of the bearing is \(10 \mathrm{~cm}\), and the gap thickness at the thick end is \(0.5 \mathrm{~mm}\), what fluid velocity would be needed to support the load?

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4 2 -2 Inviscid flow -4 Stokes's flow -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 FIGURE 10.8 Streamlines for inviscid and Stokes's flow about a sphere.