Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2014) 129: 35
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14035-1

Regular Article

Numerical study of an induced magnetic field on the peristaltic flow of a Jeffrey six-constant fluid

Department of Mathematics, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Park Road, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan

^* e-mail: laurel_lichen@yahoo.com

Received: 8 July 2013
Revised: 19 January 2014
Accepted: 21 January 2014
Published online: 26 February 2014

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to study the influence of a magnetic field on the peristaltic transport of a Jeffrey six-constant fluid in an asymmetric channel. Flow analysis is performed in the wave frame of reference moving with velocity c on non-conductive channel walls. A numerical solution to the problem is obtained by applying the shooting method. Also, expressions for pressure rise, stream function, magnetic force function and induced magnetic field are analyzed for various values of flow parameters.