https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14155-6
Regular Article
Interaction of nanoparticles for the peristaltic flow in an asymmetric channel with the induced magnetic field
1
DBS&H, CEME, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
2
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, FBAS, IIU, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside, Bourns Hall A 373, 92521, Riverside, CA, USA
Received:
6
May
2014
Revised:
8
June
2014
Accepted:
10
June
2014
Published online:
25
July
2014
In the present investigation, we examined the interaction of nanoparticle copper with the base fluid water in an asymmetric channel in the presence of an induced magnetic field. The complexity of equations describing the flow of the nanofluid is reduced by applying the low-Reynolds number and long-wavelength approximations. The resulting equations are solved exactly. The obtained expressions for the velocity and temperature phenomenon are sketched in graphs. The resulting relations for pressure gradient and pressure rise are plotted for various pertinent parameters. The streamlines are drawn for some physical quantities to discuss the trapping phenomenon.
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