Journal
MECCANICA
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 521-534Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11012-013-9809-5
Keywords
Nanofluid; Nanoparticle; Peristalsis; Induced magnetic field; Homotopy analysis method; Mixed convection
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- Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University (KAU) [25-130/1433HiCi]
- KAU
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This article investigates the effects of an induced magnetic field on the mixed convection peristaltic motion of nanofluid in a vertical channel. Transport equations involve the combined effects of Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion of nanoparticles. Analysis has been addressed subject to long wavelength and low Reynolds number assumptions. Explicit expressions of stream function, magnetic force function, temperature and nanoparticles concentration are developed. Analytic expressions are validated with the obtained numerical solutions. Peristaltic pumping rate is found to increase upon increasing the strengths of electric and magnetic fields and the buoyancy force due to temperature gradient. Moreover temperature rises and nanoparticles concentration decreases with an intensification in the Brownian motion effect.
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