Peristaltic transport of a maxwell fluid in a channel of varying cross section induced by asymmetric waves: Application to embryo transport within uterine cavity

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-690

  Pandey, S K ^a   Chaube, M K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asymmetric wave trains; Maxwell fluid; Peristaltic transport; Tapering angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053019451     PISSN: 02195194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219519411003995     Document Type: Article

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