Copper oxide nanoparticles analysis with water as base fluid for peristaltic flow in permeable tube with heat transfer

Noreen Sher Akbar; M Raza; R Ellahi

doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.03.003

Copper oxide nanoparticles analysis with water as base fluid for peristaltic flow in permeable tube with heat transfer

Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2016 Jul:130:22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Mar 16.

Authors

Noreen Sher Akbar¹, M Raza², R Ellahi³

Affiliations

¹ DBS&H, CEME, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
² DBS&H, CEME, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: mohsin.phdma11@iiu.edu.pk.
³ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, FBAS, IIU, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bourns Hall A 373, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

PMID: 27208518
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.03.003

Abstract

The peristaltic flow of a copper oxide water fluid investigates the effects of heat generation and magnetic field in permeable tube is studied. The mathematical formulation is presented, the resulting equations are solved exactly. The obtained expressions for pressure gradient, pressure rise, temperature, velocity profile are described through graphs for various pertinent parameters. It is found that pressure gradient is reduce with enhancement of particle concentration and velocity profile is upturn, beside it is observed that temperature increases as more volume fraction of copper oxide. The streamlines are drawn for some physical quantities to discuss the trapping phenomenon.

Keywords: Copper oxide nanoparticle; MHD; Peristaltic flow; Permeable tube.

MeSH terms

Copper / chemistry*
Hot Temperature
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Water / chemistry*

Substances

Water
Copper
cuprous oxide