Numerical study of Williamson nano fluid flow in an asymmetric channel

Results in Physics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-166

  Akbar, Noreen Sher ^a   Nadeem, S ^b   Lee, Changhoon ^c   Khan, Zafar Hayat ^d   Haq, Rizwan Ul ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric channel; Nano particle phenomena; Numerical solutions; Peristaltic flow; Williamson fluid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884567074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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