Peristaltic transport of an Oldroyd-B fluid in a planar channel
Open Access
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Vol. 2004 (4), 347-376
- https://doi.org/10.1155/s1024123x04405043
Abstract
The effects of an Oldroyd-B fluid on the peristaltic mechanism are examined under the long wavelength assumption. Analytical expressions for the stream function, the axial velocity, and the pressure rise per wavelength are obtained up to the second order in the dimensionless wave number. The effects of the various parameters of interest on the flow are shown and discussed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany