The effect of the slip condition on flows of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid

The steady flows of a non-Newtonian fluid are considered when the slippage between the plate and the fluid is valid. The constitutive equations of the fluid are modeled by those for an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid. They give rise to non-linear boundary value problems. The analytical solutions are obtained using powerful, easy-to-use analytic technique for non-linear problems, the homotopy analysis method. It is shown that solutions exist for all values of non-Newtonian parameters. The solutions valid for no-slip condition for all values of non-Newtonian parameters can be derived as the special cases of the present analysis. Finally, graphs are plotted and critical assessment is made for the cases of slip and no-slip conditions.     

Exact solution of a thin film flow of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid over a moving belt

We obtain exact solutions for thin film flow of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid on a vertically moving belt. These are compared with the homotopy perturbation results of Siddiqui et al. [Siddiqui AM, Ahmed M, Ghori QK. Thin film flow of non-Newtonian fluids on a moving belt. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2007;33(3):1006–1016.].     

Couette and Poiseuille flows of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid with magnetic field

In this paper, we develop a set of differential equations describing the steady flow of an Oldroyd 6-constant magnetohydrodynamic fluid. The fluid is electrically conducting in the presence of a uniform transverse magnetic field. The developed non-linear differential equation takes into account the effect of the material constants and the applied magnetic field. We presented the solution for three types of steady flows, namely,

(i)

Couette flow

(ii)

Poiseuille flow and

(iii)

generalized Couette flow.

Homotopy analysis method (HAM) is used to solve the non-linear differential equation analytically. It is found from the present analysis that for steady flow the obtained solutions are strongly dependent on the material constants (non-Newtonian parameters) which is different from the model of Oldroyd 3-constant fluid. Numerical solutions are also given and compared with the solutions by HAM.     

On the analytic solution of nonlinear flow problem involving Oldroyd 8-constant fluid

The problem dealing with the steady flow of an Oldroyd 8-constant fluid over a suddenly moved plate is considered. The fluid is electrically conducting and a uniform magnetic field is applied in the transverse direction. An analytical solution of the nonlinear boundary value problem is obtained using homotopy analysis method (HAM). The behavior of the material constants and the magnetic field is seen on the velocity distribution. It is noted that the boundary layer thickness decreases by increasing the magnetic parameter.     

Non-Newtonian flow between concentric cylinders

The nonlinear rheological effects of Oldroyd 6-constant fluid between concentric cylinders is addressed. Numerical solution of nonlinear differential equation is given. The nonlinear effects on the velocity is shown and discussed. This reveal that characteristics for shear thickening/shear thinning behavior of a fluid is dependent upon the rheological properties.     

Exact solutions for flows of an Oldroyd 8-constant fluid with nonlinear slip conditions

In the present investigation the exact analytical solutions for three fundamental flows namely the Couette, Poiseuille and generalized Couette are obtained. The resulting problems involve nonlinear equations and nonlinear boundary conditions. Finally the influence of the emerging parameters is discussed by plotting graphs.     

Linear oscillatory hydromagnetic flow between two coaxial cylinders

Hydromagnetic flow between two coaxial circular cylinders is discussed when the inner cylinder oscillates axially under a radial magnetic field. Exact solution is given for the case of a perfectly conducting fluid. Expressions for velocity, induced magnetic field, current density, electric field, viscous drag and energy transfer are derived and expressed in polar forms so as to facilitate the study of magnitude and phase variations. Current sheets are found to exist on the two boundaries.     

Heat transfer analysis of the steady flow of an Oldroyd 8-constant fluid due to a suddenly moved plate

This paper concentrates on the heat transfer analysis of the steady flow of an Oldroyd 8-constant fluid due to a suddenly moved plate. The heat transfer analysis has been carried out for the prescribed surface temperature. Employing homotopy analysis method, the developed system of equations are solved analytically. The convergence of the obtained series solution is established. The influence of pertinent parameters on temperature profiles and Nusselt number is shown and discussed through several graphs. Further, a comparison between temperature profiles of Newtonian and Oldroyd fluids is also made.     

Helical modes of instability in swirling flow between concentric cylinders

Zusammenfassung Die Stabilität einer reibungsfreien und schraubenartigen Strömung zwischen zwei konzentrischen Zylindern wird untersucht. Schranken für die Anfachungsgrösse und Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit von nicht-rotationssymmetrischen Störungen sind abgeleitet und genaue Werte dieser Grössen für die Spezialfälle von Couette-Strömung zwischen einem ruhenden äusseren und einem drehenden inneren Zylinder mit zusätzlicher Axial-Geschwindigkeitskomponente, die lienare oder parabolische Funktionen der Radialrichtung sind, werden erhalten. Es ergibt sich, dass der Zusatz einer linear abhängenden axialen Geschwindigkeit destabilisierend wirkt, weil der Zusatz einer parabolischen Komponente stabilisierend ist. Die Maximalanfachungsgrössen befinden sich bei schraubenförmigen Störungen mit endlicher Steigung.     

Effect of porous lining on the flow between two concentric rotating cylinders

The effect of non-erodible porous lining on the flow between two concentric rotating cylinders is investigated using Beavers and Joseph slip boundary condition. It is shown that the shearing stress at the walls increases with the porous lining thickness parameter ε.     

Complementary variational principles for poiseuille flow of an Oldroyd fluid

The complementary variational principles are given for the poiseuille flow of an Oldroyd fluid by taking the pressure gradient to be exponentially increasing with time and the bounds on the flux are obtained.     

Steady-state flow of an incompressible viscoelastic polymer fluid between two coaxial cylinders

A boundary value problem for a quasi-linear equation determining the velocity profile of a flow of a polymer fluid in a pipe formed by two coaxial cylinders is considered. On the basis of methods of approximation without saturation, a computational algorithm of increased accuracy is developed, making it possible to solve the problem in a wide range of parameters, including record-low values of r ₀, the radius of the inner cylinder.     

The hydromagnetic flow between eccentric cylinders with velocity slip at the cylinder walls

The hydrodynamic flow between two eccentric cylinders is examined for small values of modified Reynolds number, porosity parameter and the non-dimensional slip velocity parameter in the presence of a radial magnetic field.The stream function and the pressure distribution are calculated and the results are presented graphically.     

On hydromagnetic rotating flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid near an oscillating plate

An initial value investigation is made of the motion of an incompressible, viscoelastic, conducting Oldroyd-B fluid bounded by an infinite rigid non-conducting plate. Both the plate and the fluid are in a state of solid body rotation with a constant angular velocity about an axis normal to the plate. The flow is generated from rest in the rotating viscoelastic system due to harmonic oscillations of a given frequency superimposed on the plate in presence of a transverse magnetic field. The exact solutions for the velocity field and the wall shear stress are obtained. The results are examined quantitatively for a particular case of an impulsively moved plate and the effects of various flow parameters on them are discussed. Many known results are found to emerge as limiting cases of the present analysis.     

Effect of Hall current on transient hydromagnetic Couette–Poiseuille flow of a viscoelastic fluid with heat transfer

The unsteady Couette–Poiseuille flow of an electrically conducting incompressible non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluid between two parallel horizontal non-conducting porous plates is studied with heat transfer considering the Hall effect. A sudden uniform and constant pressure gradient, an external uniform magnetic field that is perpendicular to the plates and uniform suction and injection through the surface of the plates are applied. The two plates are kept at different but constant temperatures while the Joule and viscous dissipations are taken into consideration. Numerical solutions for the governing momentum and energy equations are obtained using finite difference approximations. The effect of the Hall term, the parameter describing the non-Newtonian behavior, and the velocity of suction and injection on both the velocity and temperature distributions is examined.     

Helical flow of a Bingham fluid arising from axial Poiseuille flow between coaxial cylinders

The Bingham fluid model represents viscoplastic materials that display yielding, that is, behave as a solid body at low stresses, but flow as a Newtonian fluid at high stresses. In any Bingham flow, there may be regions of solid material separated from regions of Newtonian flow by so-called yield boundaries. Such materials arise in a range of industrial applications. Here, we consider the helical flow of a Bingham fluid between infinitely long coaxial cylinders, where the flow arises from the imposition of a steady rotation of the inner cylinder (annular Coutte flow) on a steady axial pressure driven flow (Poiseuille flow), where the ratio of the rotational flow compared to the axial flow is small. We apply a perturbation procedure to obtain approximate analytic expressions for the fluid velocity field and such related quantities as the stress and viscosity profiles in the flow. In particular, we examine the location of yield boundaries in the flow and how these vary with the rotation speed of the inner cylinder and other flow parameters. These analytic results are shown to agree very well with the results of numerical computations.     

Mixed convection flow of couple stress fluid between parallel vertical plates with Hall and Ion-slip effects

An analysis is presented to investigate the Hall and Ion-slip effects on fully developed electrically conducting couple stress fluid flow between vertical parallel plates in the presence of a temperature dependent heat source. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations and then solved using homotopy analysis method (HAM). The effects of the magnetic parameter, Hall parameter, Ion-slip parameter and couple stress fluid parameter on velocity and temperature are discussed and shown graphically.