Effects of Poiseuille flow on peristaltic transport of a particulate suspension

The problem of peristaltic transport induced by sinusoidal waves of a particle-fluid mixture in the presence of a Poiseuille flow, is analysed. The governing equations of motion resulting from the Navier-Stokes equations for both the fluid and particle phases are solved and closed form solutions are obtained for limiting values of Reynolds number, wave number and the Poiseuille flow parameter while the method of Frobenius series solution is used for the general case. It is found that the mean flow is strongly dependent on the Poiseuille flow parameter. The effects of particle concentration in the fluid is well discharged throughout the analysis and the results are compared with the other studies in the literature.     

Peristaltic transport of a Williamson fluid in asymmetric channels with permeable walls

The peristaltic flow of a Williamson fluid in asymmetric channels with permeable walls is investigated. The channel asymmetry is produced by choosing a peristaltic wave train on the wall with different amplitudes and phases. The solutions for stream function, axial velocity and pressure gradient are obtained for small Weissenberg number, We, via a perturbation expansion about We, while an exact solution method is discussed for large values of We. The exact solutions become singular as We tends to zero; hence the separate perturbation solutions are essential. Also, numerical results are obtained using the perturbation technique for the pumping and trapping phenomena, and these are used to bring out the qualitative features of the solutions. It is noted that the size of the trapped bolus decreases and its symmetry disappears for large values of the permeability parameter. The effects of various wave forms (namely, sinusoidal, triangular, square and trapezoidal) on the fluid flow are discussed.     

Peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian fluid in a diverging tube with different wave forms

The present study investigates the peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian fluid, modeled as power law and Bingham fluid, in a diverging tube with different wall wave forms: sinusoidal, multi-sinusoidal, triangular, trapezoidal and square waves. Fourier series is employed to get the expressions for temporal and spatial dependent wall shapes. Solutions for time average pressure rise — flow rate relationship are computed for different amplitude ratios, φ, power law indices, n, yield stresses, τ₀, and wave shapes. Results indicate that φ and n play a vital role in peristalsis. When φ of the sinusoidal wave is increased from 0.6 to 0.8, the maximum pressure rise, increased by a factor of 10. Increasing n from 0.6 to 1 increased the by a factor of 3. For Bingham fluid with φ=0.5, a 25% increase in is obtained when τ₀, is reduced from 1 (non-Newtonian) to 0 (Newtonian). Of all the wave shapes considered, obtained is maximum for the square wave and minimum for the triangular wave (4–15 times less depending on φ). Finally, pathlines of massless particles are traced to investigate the occurrence of reflux. It is observed that, even for zero flow rate, reflux occurs near the tube wall and the thickness and shape of the reflux region strongly depends on φ, n, and shape of the peristaltic waves.     

Peristaltic transport of a Newtonian fluid in a vertical asymmetric channel with heat transfer and porous medium

The problem of peristaltic flow of a Newtonian fluid with heat transfer in a vertical asymmetric channel through porous medium is studied under long-wavelength and low-Reynolds number assumptions. The flow is examined in a wave frame of reference moving with the velocity of the wave. The channel asymmetry is produced by choosing the peristaltic wave train on the walls to have different amplitudes and phase. The analytical solution has been obtained in the form of temperature from which an axial velocity, stream function and pressure gradient have been derived. The effects of permeability parameter, Grashof number, heat source/sink parameter, phase difference, varying channel width and wave amplitudes on the pressure gradient, velocity, pressure drop, the phenomenon of trapping and shear stress are discussed numerically and explained graphically.     

Peristaltic motion of a micropolar fluid

Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences - Peristaltic motion of a micropolar fluid is studied for small amplitudes of peristalic waves under low Reynolds number analysis. The effect of pressure...     

Peristaltic motion of a magnetohydrodynamic micropolar fluid in a tube

This study is concerned with the magnetohydrodynamic flow of a micropolar fluid in a circular cylindrical tube. The equations governing the flow are modeled using the assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. It is found that the governing equations are coupled partial differential equations for the flow velocity and the microrotation. The finite difference scheme is used to integrate the equations and the results are graphically presented and discussed. Special emphasis is given to the effects of micropolar fluid parameters, tube wall peristaltic amplitude and magnetic parameter on the transverse profiles of velocity and microrotation as well as pumping characteristics and trapping phenomena.     

Peristaltic flow of a Maxwell fluid in a channel with compliant walls

This paper describes the peristaltic motion of a non-Newtonian fluid in a channel having compliant boundaries. Constitutive equations for a Maxwell fluid have been used. Perturbation method has been used for the analytic solution. The influence of pertinent parameters is analyzed. Comparison of the present analysis of Maxwell fluid is made with the existing results of viscous fluid.     

Peristaltic mechanism of a Maxwell fluid in an asymmetric channel

The peristaltic flow of a Maxwell fluid in an asymmetric channel is studied. Asymmetry in the flow is induced by taking peristaltic wave train of different amplitudes and phase. The viscoelasticity of the fluid is induced in the momentum equation. An analytic solution is obtained through a series of the wave number. The leading velocity term denotes the Newtonian result. The first and second order terms are the viscoelastic contribution to the flow. Expressions for stream function and longitudinal pressure gradient are obtained analytically. Numerical computations have been performed for the pressure rise per wavelength and discussed.     

Peristaltic flow of a Williamson fluid in an asymmetric channel

In this work, we have presented a peristaltic flow of a Williamson model in an asymmetric channel. The governing equations of Williamson model in two dimensional peristaltic flow phenomena are constructed under long wave length and low Reynolds number approximations. A regular perturbation expansion method is used to obtain the analytical solution of the non-linear problem. The expressions for stream function, pressure gradient and pressure rise have been computed. The pertinent features of various physical parameters have been discussed graphically. It is observed that, (the non-dimensional Williamson parameter) for large We , the curves of the pressure rise are not linear but for very small We it behave like a Newtonian fluid.     

Peristaltic motion of a Jeffrey fluid under the effect of a magnetic field in a tube

This study is concerned with the analysis of peristaltic motion of a Jeffrey fluid in a tube with sinusoidal wave travelling down its wall. The fluid is electrically conducting in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. Analytic solution is carried out for long wavelength and low Reynolds number considerations. The expressions for stream function, axial velocity and axial pressure gradient have been obtained. The results for pressure rise and frictional force per wavelength obtained in the analysis have been evaluated numerically and discussed briefly. The significance of the present model over the existing models has been pointed out by comparing the results with other theories. It is further noted that under the long wavelength approximation, the retardation time has no effect in the present analysis.     

Effective viscosity of an ordered suspension of small drops

We employ a method of singularity distribution to determine the effective viscosity of a suspension of small neutrally buoyant drops of one fluid in another viscous fluid. We assume that the interfacial tension is relatively large so that the drops may be considered nearly spherical and consider an instantaneous configuration in which the centers of drops coincide with the lattice points of a periodic cubic array. Under these conditions, the effective viscosity tensor is characterized by only two scalars, and, which we determine for the complete range ofc andK wherec is the volume fraction of the drops andK is the ratio of viscosities. Our numerical results, given for the simple, body-centered and face-centered cubic arrays, are in excellent agreement with those obtained for the rigid particles (K=) by Nunan and Keller except for for the face-centered cubic array where our results appear to be more accurate. The results are also in agreement with the asymptotic expressions for the dilute arrays (c1) for allK. The accuracy of the numerical results is also adequate in most cases to yield the formulas for concentrated arrays of very viscous drops (K1).

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Zusammenfassung Mit einer Singularitäten-Methode wird die effektive Viskosität einer Lösung von kleinen neutral schwimmenden Tropfen einer Flüssigkeit in einer anderen viskosen Flüssigkeit bestimmt. Wir setzen voraus daß die Oberflächenspannung verhältnismäßig groß ist, so daß man annehmen kann, daß die Tropfen fast kugelförmig sind, und wir betrachten eine Anordnung in der die Mittelpunkte der Tropfen mit den Gitterpunkten eines periodischen Kubischen Gitters zusammenfallen. Der wirksame Viskositätstensor ist in diesem Fall durch nur zwei Skalare und charakterisiert, welche wir für den gesamten Bereich vonc undK bestimmen. Hierbei istc der Volumenanteil der Tropfen, undK ist das Verhältnis der Viskositäten. Unsere numerischen Ergebnisse für die einfache kubische, raumzentriert kubische und flächenzentriert kubische Anordnung sind in ausgezeichneter Übereinstimmung mit Resultaten von Nunan und Keller für feste Teilchen (K=), ausgenommen für im flächenzentrierten System, wo unsere Resultate genauer zu sein scheinen. Die Resultate sind ebenfalls in Übereinstimmung mit asymptotischen Ausdrücken für verdünnte Suspensionen (c1) für alle Werte von K. Die Genauigkeit der numerischen Ergebnisse für konzentrierte Suspensionen von sehr viskosen Tropfen (K1) ist in den meisten Fällen ausreichend.

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Peristaltic flow of a Carreau fluid in a channel with different wave forms

This investigation deals with the peristaltic motion of a Carreau fluid in a planar channel by employing long wavelength approximation. Five wave forms are chosen. Explicit solutions of longitudinal velocity and pressure gradient are derived. The pumping and trapping phenomena are properly examined. Comparison is made for the flow characteristics of the various selected wave forms. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010     

Averaging a transport equation with small diffusion and oscillating velocity

A complete asymptotic expansion is constructed for the transport equation with diffusion term small with respect to the convection. Error estimates are obtained by using matched asymptotic expansion technique and building all the boundary layer terms in time and in space, necessary for obtaining an accurate error estimate. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium in the presence of an external magnetic field

This paper presents an analytical study of the MHD flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium induced by sinusoidal peristaltic waves traveling down the channel walls. Low Reynolds number and long wavelength approximations are applied to solve the non-linear problem in the closed form and expressions for axial velocity, pressure rise per wavelength, mechanical efficiency and stream function are obtained. The impacts of pertinent parameters on the aforementioned quantities are examined by plotting graphs on the basis of computational results. It is found that the pumping improves with Hartman number but degrades with permeability of the porous medium.     

Peristaltic flow of viscoelastic fluid with fractional Maxwell model through a channel

The paper presents the transportation of viscoelastic fluid with fractional Maxwell model by peristalsis through a channel under long wavelength and low Reynolds number approximations. The propagation of wall of channel is taken as sinusoidal wave propagation (contraction and relaxation). Homotopy perturbation method (HPM) and Adomian decomposition method (ADM) are used to obtain the analytical approximate solutions of the problem. The expressions of axial velocity, volume flow rate and pressure gradient are obtained. The effects of fractional parameters (α), relaxation time (λ₁) and amplitude (?) on the pressure difference and friction force across one wavelength are calculated numerically for different particular cases and depicted through graphs.     

滑移和感应磁场对Johnson-Segalman流体蠕动传输的影响

存在感应磁场和滑移条件下,研究Johnson-Segalman(J-S)流体在平面通道中的蠕动流.通道中的流动认为是对称的,并在剪切应力项中考虑了速度的滑移条件.首先给出问题的数学公式,然后在长波长和低Reynolds数近似下,求解该方程组得到摄动解,确定沿管道截面的压力增量、轴向速度、微转动分量、流函数、磁力函数、轴向感应磁场和电流密度分布公式.导出了小数值Weis-senberg数时解的表达式,分析并勾画出诸流动物理量的有趣变化.