Magnetohydrodynamic peristaltic motion of a Sisko fluid in a symmetric or asymmetric channel

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 347-362

  Wang, Yongqi ^a   Hayat, Tasawar ^b   Ali, Nasir ^b   Oberlack, Martin ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric channel; Magnetohydrodynamic analysis; Non Newtonian fluid; Numerical method; Peristaltic flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR FLOW;

ASYMMETRIC CHANNELS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PERISTALTIC FLOWS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 36448956486     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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