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At present, the effects of seal surface morphology, wear and thermal deformation on leakage are neglected in most studies about the contact mechanical seals, and the influence of surface topography is not considered from the microscopic perspective. In this paper, based on fractal theory, the contact between surfaces of dynamic and static rings is simplified to the contact between the rough surface...