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 Journal of fluids engineering American Society of Mechanical Engineers Copyright of this article belongs to American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Peristalsis;Peristaltic Pumping;Rectangular Duct. Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics 25 Aug 2008 19 Sep 2010 04:37 http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/10816