https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05204-0
Regular Article
Time-periodic electrokinetic analysis of a micropolar fluid flow through hydrophobic microannulus
1
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
2
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
Received:
30
January
2024
Accepted:
22
April
2024
Published online:
2
July
2024
The oscillating aspects of pressure-driven micropolar fluid flow through a hydrophobic cylindrical microannulus under the influence of electroosmotic flow are analytically studied. The study is based on a linearized Poisson–Boltzmann equation and the micropolar model of Eringen for microstructure fluids. An analytical solution is obtained for the distributions of electroosmotic flow velocity and microrotation as functions of radial distance, periodic time, and relevant parameters. The findings of the present study demonstrate that, unlike the decrease in flow rate resulting from the micropolarity of fluid particles, velocity slip and spin velocity slip, when contrasted with Newtonian fluids, act as a counteractive mechanism that tends to enhance the flow rate. Additionally, the findings indicate that a square plug-like profile in electroosmotic velocity amplitude is observed when the electric oscillating parameter is low and the electrokinetic width is large, for both Newtonian and micropolar fluids. Moreover, in cases where there is a wide gap between the cylindrical walls and a high-frequency parameter, the electroosmotic velocity and microrotation amplitudes tend to approach zero at the center of the microannulus across all ranges of micropolarity and zeta potential parameters. Furthermore, it has been observed that the amplitude of microrotation strength rises as slip and spin slip parameters increase. Across the entire spectrum of micropolarity, the zeta potential ratio influences both the dimension and direction of the electroosmotic velocity profiles within the electric double layer near the two cylindrical walls of the microannulus. The study emphasizes the physical quantities by presenting graphs for various values of the pertinent parameters juxtaposing them with existing data in the literature and comparing them with the Newtonian fluids.
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