Effect of variable viscosity on the peristaltic transport of a Newtonian fluid in an asymmetric channel

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 761-774

  Hayat, Tasawar ^a   Ali, Nasir ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric channel; Newtonian fluid; Peristaltic flow; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW PARAMETER; PERISTALTIC FLOW;

NEWTONIAN FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 38349163195     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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