New Journal of Science
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 5717542, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5717542

Research Article

Influence of an Inclined Magnetic Field and Rotation on the Peristaltic Flow of a Micropolar Fluid in an Inclined Channel

Ajaz Ahmad Dar¹ and K. Elangovan²

¹Department of Mathematics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar 608 002, India
²Mathematics Section, FEAT, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar 608 002, India

Received 22 April 2016; Accepted 18 August 2016

Academic Editor: Salvatore Magazu

Copyright © 2016 Ajaz Ahmad Dar and K. Elangovan. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract.

This present article deals with the interaction of both rotation and inclined magnetic field on peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid in an inclined symmetric channel with sinusoidal waves roving down its walls. The highly nonlinear equations are simplified by adopting low Reynolds number and long wavelength approach. The analytical and numerical solutions for axial velocity, spin velocity, volume flow rate, pressure gradient, pressure rise per wavelength, and stream function have been computed and analyzed. The quantitative effects of various embedded physical parameters are inspected and displayed graphically with fussy prominence. Pressure rise, frictional forces, and pumping phenomenon are portrayed and characterized graphically.

1. Introduction

Since the pioneer work done by Latham [1], several investigators have discussed the peristaltic flow because of its enormous applications in physiological fluids, biological systems, and engineering [2–6]. In particular, it incorporates the transport of urine from kidney to bladder, development of chyme in the gastrointestinal tract, transport of spermatozoa in the ducts efferent of the male reproductive tract, development of ovum in the female fallopian tube, vaso-movement of little veins, bile from gallbladder into the duodenum, and the fetus transport in nonpregnant uterus. Improper peristalsis is the wellspring of neurotic transport of microscopic organisms and thrombus improvement of blood and sterility in human uterus [7]. Peristaltic component likewise finds numerous applications in biorestorative frameworks including roller and finger pumps, heart-lung machine, blood pump machine, and dialysis machine.

The micropolar fluids are generally characterized as isotropic, polar liquids in which contortion of the particles is disregarded. Because of its unfussiness, the model of micropolar liquid is by and large utilized for elucidation of genuine liquids with inward structure. Micropolar liquid is a unique sort of non-Newtonian liquid with miniaturized scale structure which fits in with a class of liquids with nonsymmetrical stress tensor alluded to as polar liquids. Physically, it suggests liquids including unevenly arranged particles suspended in a gooey medium. Such a liquid can support couple stresses and body couples and also uncovers microrotational and microinertial properties. It is all around acknowledged that various organic liquids carry on like suspensions of deformable or unbending particles in a Newtonian liquid. Blood, for instance, is a suspension of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in plasma and cervical natural fluid is a suspension of vast scale particles in water like fluid. The hypothesis of micropolar liquids was figured first by Eringen [8]. Mekheimer [9] studied the effect of induced magnetic field on the peristaltic flow of a magnetomicropolar fluid. Moreover, Pandey and Chaube [10] investigated the effect of external magnetic field on the peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium.

Magnetic fields influence many natural and man-made flows. Magnetic fields are used to heat, pump, stir, and levitate liquid metals in industries. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) deals with the study of electrically conducting fluid under the influence of electromagnetic field. MHD is the science which deals with the motion of conducting fluids in the presence of a magnetic field. The motion of the conducting fluid across the magnetic field generates electric currents which change the magnetic field, and the action of the magnetic field on these currents gives rise to mechanical forces which modify the flow of the fluid [11]. The effect of moving magnetic field on blood flow was studied by Sud et al. [12], and they observed that the effect of suitable moving magnetic field accelerates the speed of blood. Linked with cancer, multiple sclerosis, miscarriage, and a host of other devastating diseases, electromagnetic fields are a serious modern concern. In order to avoid these serious health problems, electromagnetic shielding must be practised. Wlodarczyk et al. [13] investigated the dielectric properties of glassy disaccharides for electromagnetic interference shielding application. The effect of electromagnetic fields on human neuronal-like cells vibration bands in mid-infrared region has been examined by Calabrò et al. [14]. Calabrò [15] investigated the effects of electromagnetic fields on cells and protein structure.

Different examiners have concentrated on peristaltic stream issues in diverse geometries amid the most recent five years. Hayat et al. [16] have concentrated on the peristaltic flow of Maxwell fluid in an asymmetric channel by using perturbation method. Impact of attractive field on catching through peristaltic movement to sum up Newtonian liquid in a channel has been inspected by Abd El Naby et al. [17]. Mishra and Rao [18] have examined the stream in hilter kilter channel created by peristaltic waves engendering on the dividers with diverse hauls and stages. Srinivas and Kothandapani [19] investigated the effects of heat and mass transfer on peristaltic transport in a permeable space with grumble walls. Nadeem and Akbar [20] studied the peristaltic flow of an incompressible MHD Newtonian fluid in a vertical annulus. Abd-Alla et al. [21] investigated the effects of the rotation, magnetic field, and initial stress on peristaltic motion of a micropolar fluid. Mahmoud et al. [22] examined the impacts of revolution on wave movement through tube shaped borne in a micropolar permeable medium. Peristaltic pumping of a micropolar liquid in a tube has been explored by Srinivasacharya et al. [23]. Recently, Mohanty et al. [24] investigated heat and mass transfer effect of micropolar fluid over a stretching sheet through porous media. Abd-Alla et al. [25–28] researched the impacts of the rotation on a nonhomogeneous boundless barrel of orthotropic material. They also studied the influences of rotation, magnetic field, initial stress, and gravity on Rayleigh waves in a homogeneous orthotropic elastic half-space. As of late, numerous specialists have examined the impact of slanted channel and slanted magnetic field on peristaltic stream of a micropolar liquid [29–33].

The aim of the present study is to investigate inclination effects of magnetic field and inclined channel on the peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid. Assumptions of low Reynolds number and long wavelength are employed. The exact expressions for axial velocity, spin velocity, stream function, and pressure rise per wavelength are obtained. The pertinent constraints have been noticed pictorially.

2. Mathematical Formulation

Consider the flow of an incompressible, electrically conducting micropolar fluid in an inclined channel in presence of an inclined magnetic field and rotation. The fluid fills a two-dimensional channel of nonuniform thickness. Sinusoidal waves of constant speed () propagate along the channel boundaries. The plates of the channel are assumed to be electrically insulated. We choose a rectangular coordinate system for the channel with along center-line in the direction of wave propagation and transverse to it.

The geometry of the channel walls (as shown in Figure 1) is given by

where is the half width of the channel, is the amplitude, is the wavelength, is the wave speed, and is the time.

Figure 1: Geometry of the problem.

The flow is unsteady in the laboratory frame whereas it is steady if observed in the coordinate system , termed as a wave frame, moving with velocity . The transformation from the fixed frame of reference to the wave frame of reference is given by

In absence of body forces and body couple, the governing equations for the flow in wave frame of reference are given by

where and are the velocity components in the and directions, respectively, is the density of the fluid, is the pressure, is the viscosity constant of the classical fluid dynamics, is the electrical conductivity, is the strength of the magnetic field, is acceleration due to gravity, is inclination angle of the magnetic field parameter, is inclination angle of the channel, is the microrotation velocity component in the direction normal to both the and axes, is the microinertia density, is the microrotation parameter, and is the spin-gradient viscosity coefficient [34, 35].

Now we introduce the nondimensional variables and parameters as follows:

where is the Hartman number, is the Reynolds number, is the Froude number, and is the wave number.

Using the nondimensional variables and parameters given above in (4), (5), and (6), we get the modified equations as

Using the long wavelength approximation and neglecting the wave number along with low Reynolds number, one can find from (8) that

where , is the coupling number , and is the micropolar parameter.

3. Rate of Volume Flow and Boundary Conditions

The instantaneous volume flow rate in the fixed frame is given as

where is a function of and .

The rate of volume flow in the wave frame can be expressed as

where is a function of alone. Equations (2), (12), and (13) yield

The time averaged mean flow rate over a period at a fixed position is expressed as

Using (14) into (15), we get

The dimensionless mean flow rates (in the laboratory frame) and (in the wave frame) are defined as

By using (17) in (16), we get

where

The dimensionless boundary conditions in the wave frame of reference are given as

4. Solution of the Problem

From (10) it is clear that is independent of . Therefore . Differentiating (11) with respect to , we get

Upon making use of (21) in (9) we get

Using value of from (22) in (11), we get

whose general solution is

where

where

Substituting (24) into (22), we get

where

The expressions for axial and spin velocities can be found by applying the boundary conditions from (20) into (24) and (27). The expression for axial velocity is given as

and the expression for spin velocity is given as

The stream function is given by

Using (31) in (29), we get

The expression for dimensionless flow rate in the wave frame of reference is obtained by substituting (29) into (19) and is given as

where

From (33) and (18), we obtain

The expressions for pressure rise and the frictional force over one wavelength are given by

5. Numerical Results and Discussion

In the proceeding section the quantitative effects of the various parameters involved in the results of the present flow problem have been estimated and displayed with the graphical illustration. Mathematics software Mathematica is used to evaluate the numerical solution of pressure rise and frictional forces. The variations for axial velocity , pressure gradient , pressure rise , frictional forces , spin velocity , and stream function are outlined in Figures 2–7 individually, with the steady values , , , , , and .

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Figure 2: Variation of , , , , , , , and on the axial velocity with respect to .

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Figure 3: Variation of , , , , , , and on the pressure gradient against .

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Figure 4: Variation of , , , , , , , and on the pressure rise per wavelength against the volume flow rate .

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Figure 5: Variation of , , , , , , , and on the frictional force per wavelength against the volume flow rate .

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Figure 6: Variation of , , , , , , , and on the spin velocity with respect to .

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Figure 7: Variation of , , , , , , , and on the stream function with respect to .

Figures 2(a)–2(h) illustrate the variation of the value of axial velocity with respect to for different values of the rotation , magnetic field parameter , coupling number , micropolar parameter , inclination angle of the channel , Froude number , Reynold number , and the inclination angle of the magnetic field parameter . From these figures it is observed that the maximum velocity is always located near the center of the channel and the velocity profiles are parabolic in all cases. It is revealed from Figures 2(a)–2(c) and 2(f) that the axial velocity decreases with increasing of rotation, magnetic field parameter, coupling number, and Froude number. It is depicted from Figure 2(d) that the axial velocity increases by increasing the micropolar parameter . The impact of Reynold number, inclination angle of the channel, and the magnetic field parameter on the axial velocity speed is like the micropolar parameter.

Figures 3–5 describe the influence of different embedding parameters on the pressure gradient, pressure rise per wavelength, and the frictional forces. In Figures 3(a)–3(g), we have plotted pressure gradient against for different physical parameters of interest. It is observed from these figures that the pressure gradient is comparatively small in the wider part of the channel, and ; that is, the flow can easily pass without applying large pressure gradient. However, in the narrow part of the channel, , particularly near , the pressure gradient is comparatively larger; that is, larger pressure gradient is required to maintain the same flux to pass through it. From Figures 3(a)–3(c) it is depicted that the pressure gradient decreases with increasing the rotation , Froude number , and the coupling number . Figures 3(d)-3(e) illustrate that increasing the micropolar parameter and the inclination angle of the magnetic field parameter increases the pressure gradient in the wider part of the channel, and , while in the narrow part of the channel, , there is no noticeable difference. Figure 3(f) shows that the pressure gradient increases by increasing the inclination angle of the channel . From Figure 3(g) it is illustrated that the behavior of magnetic field parameter on the pressure gradient is quite opposite when compared with micropolar parameter .

The variation of pressure rise over one wavelength, friction forces across one wavelength against the average volume flux has been illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 for different values of , , , , , , , and . It is determined that the behavior of pressure rise and volume flow rate is quite opposite. In these figures the region is divided into four parts: peristaltic pumping region , retrograde pumping region , augmented region , and free pumping region . The region in which is known as the peristaltic pumping region. In this region the peristaltic wave overwhelms the pressure rise and propagates the fluid in the direction of its propagation. The region in which and is called a retrograde pumping region. In this locale, the stream is inverse to the course of the peristaltic movement. The region, in which , is known as augmented or copumping region. In this region, the negative pressure rise enhances the flow due to the peristalsis of the walls. In the free pumping region, where , the flow is totally prompted by the peristalsis of the walls.

From Figures 4(a)-4(b) it is observed that the pressure rise per wavelength decreases with increasing rotation and Froude number. In Figures 4(c)-4(d), it is clear that with increase in the coupling number and magnetic field parameter the pumping rate increases up to a critical value of and decreases after a critical value of in the retrograde pumping region while it decreases in the peristaltic, free, and copumping regions. Figures 4(e)-4(f) illustrate that the micropolar parameter and inclination angle of the magnetic field parameter have opposite behavior as compared to the coupling number and magnetic field parameter . Figures 4(g)-4(h) show that inclination angle of the channel and Reynold number exactly have an inverse behavior when contrasted with the rotation and Froude number . Figures 5(a)–5(h) describe the variation of frictional forces against the volume flow rate for diverse rising parameters. The frictional forces precisely have an inverse conduct when contrasted with the pressure rise.

Figures 6(a)–6(h) represent the variation of spin velocity for different parameters of interest. It is clear from Figure 6(a) that the effect of rotation on the spin velocity is negligible. From Figures 6(b)–6(d) it is observed that spin velocity decreases with increasing Froude number , magnetic field parameter , and the coupling number . Figures 6(e)–6(h) illustrate that the spin velocity increases with increasing micropolar parameter , inclination angle of the channel , inclination angle of the magnetic field parameter , and Reynold number . Figures 7(a)–7(h) describe the variation of stream function pertinent to different physical parameters. It is illustrated from Figures 7(a)–7(d) that the stream function decreases with increasing the rotation , magnetic field parameter , coupling number , and Froude number . It is also observed that the effect of , , , and on the stream function is totally opposite when compared with rotation , magnetic field parameter , coupling number , and Froude number . From Figures 7(e)–7(h), it is clear that the stream function increments with expanding inclination angle of the channel , inclination angle of the magnetic field parameter , micropolar parameter , and Reynold number .

6. Conclusion

The present investigation discusses the rotation and inclined magnetic field effects on the peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid in an inclined channel. The main findings can be summarized below:

(i)The velocity profile increases in view of an increase in , , , and but decreases with increasing , , , and .(ii)Pressure gradient increases by increasing and in the wider part of the channel while in the narrow part of the channel there is no appreciable difference.(iii)The pumping rate increases by increasing the inclination angle of the channel.(iv)The magnetic field improves the pumping rate.(v) increases entirely with an increase in the inclination angle of the channel and Reynolds number while rotation and Froude number have opposite behavior on when compared with and .(vi)The effects of and on the pressure rise are qualitatively opposite.(vii)The frictional forces have an opposite behavior as compared to pressure rise.(viii)The qualitative effects of , , and on the spin velocity are similar.(ix)The effect of and on spin velocity is exactly opposite when compared with and .(x)The stream function decreases with increasing , , and while it increases with increasing , , and .

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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