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Copyright © 2014 I. Ahmad et al. I. Ahmad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

A theoretical analysis is presented for the peristaltic motion of a magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) non-Newtonian fluid in channel with complaint walls. The fluid obeys viscoelastic non-Newtonian model with Burger's constitutive equation. The relevant equations are first developed and then solved using perturbation technique. Expressions of stream function and velocity components are constructed under the assumption that δ (characteristic ratio of transversal and axial scales of peristaltic motion) is small. The results indicate the strong effects of Burger's fluid parameter, Hartman number, Reynolds number, and complaint wall parameters on the velocity field and stream function. The obtained solutions are shown graphically for the different values of involved parameters.

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Title
Flow of a Burger's Fluid in a Channel Induced by Peristaltic Compliant Walls
Author
Ahmad, I; Ali, N; Abbasi, A; Aziz, W; Hussain, M; Ahmad, M; Taj, M; Zaman, Q
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
1110757X
e-ISSN
16870042
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1622034613
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 I. Ahmad et al. I. Ahmad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.