The generation of steady flow in a rectangular duct

The generation of the steady rectilinear flow of an Oldroyd B fluid in a rectangular duct is considered. The Laplace transform is used to separate out the time dependence from the governing equations and a Fourier series is used to solve the resulting Poisson problem in the space variables. It is seen that the presence of elasticity in the fluid gives rise to velocity overshoot. The solution of Waters and King for the planar channel is recovered at large aspect ratios.     

Peristaltic flow of Walter’s B fluid in endoscope

The peristaltic flow of a Walter’s B fluid in an endoscope is studied.The problem is modeled in a cylindrical coordinate system.The main theme of the present analysis is to study the endoscopic effects on the peristaltic flow of the Walter’s B fluid.To the best of the authors’ knowledge,no investigation has been made so far in the literatures to study the Walter’s B fluid in an endoscope.Analytical solutions are obtained using the regular perturbation method by taking δ as a perturbation parameter.The appro...     

共转Oldroyd B流体剪切-拉伸流动研究

应用宏观理论的共转模型研究纺丝拉伸过程中测粘-拉伸流动的流变学，以探讨液晶高分子流体纺丝拉伸初步机制。由共转Oldroyd B流体模型的本构方程导出了测粘-拉伸流动的法向应力差和拉伸粘度的解析表达式，利用边界条件及运动方程列出了主拉伸速度与纺程的微分方程。应用Matlab软件绘制出拉伸粘度和主拉伸速度随其它参数变化的曲线，从而得到这些参数对纺丝拉伸流动流变学性能的影响，这对纺丝过程的工艺控制有一定的指导意义。     

A VARIATIONAL ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO TIME DEPENDENT FLOW OF OLDROYD B FLUID IN CIRCULAR TUBE

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On non-linear magnetohydrodynamic problems of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid

In this work we develop a mathematical model to predict the velocity profile for an unidirectional, incompressible and steady flow of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid. The fluid is electrically conducting by a transverse magnetic field. The developed governing equation is non-linear. This equation is solved analytically to obtain the general solution. The governing non-linear equation is also solved numerically subject to appropriate boundary conditions (three cases of typical plane shearing flows) by an iterative technique with the finite-difference discretizations. A parametric study of the physical parameters involved in the problems such as the applied magnetic field and the material constants is conducted. The obtained results are illustrated graphically to show salient features of the solutions. Numerical results show that the applied magnetic field tends to reduce the flow velocity. Depending on the choice of the material parameters, the fluid exhibits shear-thickening or shear-thinning behaviours.     

Comparison between the HAM and HPM solutions of thin film flows of non-Newtonian fluids on a moving belt

In this paper, we prove in general that the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) proposed in 1998 is only a special case of the homotopy analysis method (HAM) profound in 1992 when ħ = −1. Besides, by using the thin film flows of Sisko and Oldroyd 6-constant fluids on a moving belt as examples, we show that the solutions given by HPM (Siddiqui, A.M., Ahmed, M., Ghori, Q.K.: Chaos Solitons and Fractals (2006) in press) are divergent, and thus useless. However, by choosing a proper value of the auxiliary parameter ħ, we give convergent series solution by means of the HAM. These two examples also show that, different from the HPM and other traditional analytic techniques, the HAM indeed provides us with a simple way to ensure the convergence of the solution.     

Unsteady flow of an elastico-viscous fluid between two coaxial circular cylinders

Unsteady flow of an Oldroyd fluid between two coaxial circular cylinders is investigated, the fluid being set in motion as the inner cylinder moves from rest for a certain period with linearly growing speed and then stops suddenly. The Laplace transform technique is used to derive the solution. For the case when the gap between the cylinders is small, a simplified solution is obtained. The expression for the shear stress on the wall of the outer cylinder is obtained and particular cases are discussed.     

Effect of Relaxation and Retardation Time on Peristaltic Transport of the Oldroydian Viscoelastic Fluid

The influence of relaxation and retardation time on peristaltic transport of an incompressible Oldroydian viscoelastic fluid by means of an infinite train of sinusoidal waves traveling along the walls of a two-dimensional flexible channel is investigated. A perturbation solution is obtained for the case in which the amplitude ratio (wave amplitude to channel half-width) is small. The results show that the values of the mean axial velocity of an Oldroydian viscoelastic fluid is smaller than that for a Newtonian fluid. The reflux phenomena are discussed. It is found that the critical reflux pressure gradient decreases with increasing retardation time and increases with increasing relaxation time. Numerical results are reported for different values of the physical parameters of interest. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 86–95, November–December, 2005.