Peristaltic flow of a Carreau fluid in a channel with different wave forms |
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| Authors: | T. Hayat Najma Saleem N. Ali |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mathematics, Quaid‐i‐Azam University 45320, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan;2. Faculty of Applied Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan |
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| Abstract: | 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 |
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| Keywords: | Carreau fluid pumping and trapping symmetric channel |
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