Peristaltic transport of Carreau-Yasuda fluid in a curved channel with slip effects.

The wide occurrence of peristaltic pumping should not be surprising at all since it results physiologically from neuro-muscular properties of any tubular smooth muscle. Of special concern here is to predict the rheological effects on the peristaltic motion in a curved channel. Attention is focused t...

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Main Authors: Tasawar Hayat, Fahad Munir Abbasi, Bashir Ahmad, Ahmed Alsaedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988163?pdf=render