Peristaltic transport of three-layered flow with variable viscosity

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-432

  Elshehawey, E F ^a   Gharsseldien, Z M ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Mechanical efficiency; Three layered flow; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PERISTALTIC TRANSPORT; THREE-LAYERED FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 2642557186     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(03)00642-8     Document Type: Article

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