Influence of Lateral Walls on Peristaltic Flow in a Rectangular Duct

Reddy, Subba MV and Mishra, Manoranjan and Sreenadh, S and Rao, Ramachandra A (2005) Influence of Lateral Walls on Peristaltic Flow in a Rectangular Duct. In: Journal of fluids engineering, 127 (4). pp. 824-827.

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Abstract

The flow of a viscous fluid due to symmetric peristaltic waves propagating on the horizontal sidewalls of a rectangular duct is studied under the assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. The effect of aspect ratio $_\beta$, ratio of height to width, on the pumping characteristics is discussed in detail. The results are compared to with those corresponding to Poiseuille flow.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Keywords:	Peristalsis;Peristaltic Pumping;Rectangular Duct.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:37
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/10816

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