"""Original pressure sketch. Python 3.14; numpy 2.3.5, matplotlib 3.10.7. Writes 2011-lubrication-pressure.png to the current working directory. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x = np.linspace(-1, 1, 700) p = 6*np.arctan(x)-3*np.pi/np.sqrt(2)*x/np.sqrt(1+x*x) s = np.sqrt(np.pi**2/8-1) px = lambda z: 6*np.arctan(z)-3*np.pi/np.sqrt(2)*z/np.sqrt(1+z*z) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6.4, 3.8), facecolor='white') ax.axhline(0, color='0.55', lw=.8) ax.axvline(0, color='0.75', lw=.7) ax.plot(x, p, color='#2166a5', lw=2) ax.fill_between(x, p, 0, where=p>=0, color='#dbeaf8') ax.fill_between(x, p, 0, where=p<=0, color='#f4dcd8') ax.scatter([-s, s], [px(-s), px(s)], color='#2166a5', zorder=5) ax.annotate(r'$-x_*$', (-s, px(-s)), xytext=(-9, 10), textcoords='offset points') ax.annotate(r'$x_*$', (s, px(s)), xytext=(5, -16), textcoords='offset points') ax.set_xlim(-1, 1) ax.set_ylim(-.26, .26) ax.set_xlabel(r'$\widehat{x}$') ax.set_ylabel(r'$\widehat{p}$', rotation=0, labelpad=13) ax.set_title('Pressure in a symmetric translating lubrication gap') ax.grid(alpha=.16) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig('2011-lubrication-pressure.png', dpi=160, facecolor='white')