In this paper,numerical investigations for peristaltic motion of dusty nanofluids in a curved channel are performed.Two systems of partial differential equations are presented for the nanofluid and dusty phases and th...In this paper,numerical investigations for peristaltic motion of dusty nanofluids in a curved channel are performed.Two systems of partial differential equations are presented for the nanofluid and dusty phases and then the approximations of the long wave length and low Reynolds number are applied.The physical domain is transformed to a rectangular computational model using suitable grid transformations.The resulting systems are solved numerically using shooting method and mathematical forms for the pressure distributions are introduced.The controlling parameters in this study are the thermal buoyancy parameter G_(r),the concentration buoyancy parameter Gc,the amplitude ratio,the Eckert number Ec,the thermophoresis parameter N_(t) and the Brownian motion parameter Nb and the dusty parameters D_(s);α_(s).The obtained results revealed that an increase in the Eckert number enhances the temperature of the fluid and dusty particles while the nanoparticle volume fraction is reduced.Also,both of the temperature and nanoparticles volume fraction are supported by the growing of the Brownian motion parameter.展开更多
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research atKing Khalid University for funding this work through research groups program under Grant Number(R.G.P2/72/41).
文摘In this paper,numerical investigations for peristaltic motion of dusty nanofluids in a curved channel are performed.Two systems of partial differential equations are presented for the nanofluid and dusty phases and then the approximations of the long wave length and low Reynolds number are applied.The physical domain is transformed to a rectangular computational model using suitable grid transformations.The resulting systems are solved numerically using shooting method and mathematical forms for the pressure distributions are introduced.The controlling parameters in this study are the thermal buoyancy parameter G_(r),the concentration buoyancy parameter Gc,the amplitude ratio,the Eckert number Ec,the thermophoresis parameter N_(t) and the Brownian motion parameter Nb and the dusty parameters D_(s);α_(s).The obtained results revealed that an increase in the Eckert number enhances the temperature of the fluid and dusty particles while the nanoparticle volume fraction is reduced.Also,both of the temperature and nanoparticles volume fraction are supported by the growing of the Brownian motion parameter.
