The effects of variable viscosity on the peristaltic flowof non-Newtonian fluid through a porous medium in an inclined channel with slip boundary conditions

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-67

  Khan, Ambreen Afsar ^a   Ellahi, R ^a   Usman, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Non Newtonian fluid; Nonlinear equations; Porous medium; Regular perturbation; Slip condition; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; REGULAR PERTURBATIONS; SLIP CONDITION; VARIABLE VISCOSITY;

FLOW GRAPHS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84875071190     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v16.i1.60     Document Type: Article

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