• EFFECTS OF HEAT TRANSFER ON THE PERISTALTIC TRANSPORT OF A CONDUCTING BINGHAM FLUID WITH PERMEABLE WALLS BY ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD

Abstract

Effects of heat transfer on the peristaltic transport of a conducting Bingham fluid with permeable walls by Adomian decomposition method are investigated. Long wavelength approximation (that is, the wavelength of the peristaltic wave is large in comparison with the radius of the channel) and low Reynolds number is used to linearise the governing equations. This model is probably suitable for the blood flow in the sense that erythrocytes region and the plasma regions may be described as plug flow and non-plug flow regions the velocity field for the model of interest is solved by Adomian decomposition method. The expressions for pressure rise, flow rate and frictional force are obtained. The effect of magnetic field, Darcy number, yield stress, amplitude ratio and the temperature on the axial pressure gradient, pumping characteristics and frictional force are discussed through graphs.