The unique chemical mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of nanofluids make them a subject of great interest for scientists from all domains. Such fluids are of particular significance in biomedical engineering ow...The unique chemical mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of nanofluids make them a subject of great interest for scientists from all domains. Such fluids are of particular significance in biomedical engineering owing to their vast and novel applications in modern drug delivery systems; for example, mixed convective peristaltic flow of water-based nanofluids under the influence of an externally applied magnetic field is of particular significance. Hence, a lot of research has focused on peristalsis in the presence of velocity and thermal slip effects. An empirical relation for the effective viscosity of the nanofluid is proposed here for the first time. The viscosity of the nanofluid varies with temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction. Numerical simulation of the resulting nonlinear system of equations is presented for different quantities of interest. The results indicate that the maximum velocity and temperature of the copper-water nanofluid increase for larger variable viscosity parameter. The pressure gradient in the wider part of the channel is also found to increase as a function of the variable viscosity parameter. The variable viscosity parameter also influences the size of the trapped bolus. An increase in the nanoparticle volume fraction reduces the reflux phenomenon in a peristaltic flow.展开更多
Peristaltic flow by a sinusoidal traveling wave in the walls of two-dimensional channel with wall properties is investigated. The channel is filled with incompressible Eyring-Powell fluid. Mathematical modeling is dev...Peristaltic flow by a sinusoidal traveling wave in the walls of two-dimensional channel with wall properties is investigated. The channel is filled with incompressible Eyring-Powell fluid. Mathematical modeling is developed through aspects of Hall current, thermal deposition and convection. Long wavelength and low Reynolds number considerations are adopted. Perturbation solutions to the resulting problem for small material parameter of fluid are obtained. Expressions of velocity, temperature, concentration and stream function are derived. Variations of pertinent parameters on the physical quantities of interest are explored in detail. The present analysis is especially important to predict the rheological characteristics in engineering applications by peristalsis.展开更多
文摘The unique chemical mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of nanofluids make them a subject of great interest for scientists from all domains. Such fluids are of particular significance in biomedical engineering owing to their vast and novel applications in modern drug delivery systems; for example, mixed convective peristaltic flow of water-based nanofluids under the influence of an externally applied magnetic field is of particular significance. Hence, a lot of research has focused on peristalsis in the presence of velocity and thermal slip effects. An empirical relation for the effective viscosity of the nanofluid is proposed here for the first time. The viscosity of the nanofluid varies with temperature and nanoparticle volume fraction. Numerical simulation of the resulting nonlinear system of equations is presented for different quantities of interest. The results indicate that the maximum velocity and temperature of the copper-water nanofluid increase for larger variable viscosity parameter. The pressure gradient in the wider part of the channel is also found to increase as a function of the variable viscosity parameter. The variable viscosity parameter also influences the size of the trapped bolus. An increase in the nanoparticle volume fraction reduces the reflux phenomenon in a peristaltic flow.
文摘Peristaltic flow by a sinusoidal traveling wave in the walls of two-dimensional channel with wall properties is investigated. The channel is filled with incompressible Eyring-Powell fluid. Mathematical modeling is developed through aspects of Hall current, thermal deposition and convection. Long wavelength and low Reynolds number considerations are adopted. Perturbation solutions to the resulting problem for small material parameter of fluid are obtained. Expressions of velocity, temperature, concentration and stream function are derived. Variations of pertinent parameters on the physical quantities of interest are explored in detail. The present analysis is especially important to predict the rheological characteristics in engineering applications by peristalsis.
