Peristaltic motion of a magnetohydrodynamic micropolar fluid in a tube

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3737-3750

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

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

MHD analysis; Micropolar fluid; Peristaltic flow; Tube

Indexed keywords

COUPLED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; MHD ANALYSIS; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; MICROROTATION; PERISTALTIC FLOW; PERISTALTIC MOTION; TRANSVERSE PROFILE; TUBE; TUBE WALLS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955100118     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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