Abstract
A steady wavy incompressible Newtonian fluid flow in a channel with irregular surfaces is studied to understand the abnormal flow conditions caused by the boundary irregularities in diseased vessels. Analytical solutions are obtained under the assumption that the spread of the surface roughness to be large compared to the mean width of the channel. Expressions for the stream function, vorticity, the wall shear stress distribution and viscous energy loss per unit cycle are derived and the effects of various pertinent parameters upon them have been investigated for symmetric and non-symmetric channels with graphical representations. In order to determine the effects of the wall roughness upon the blood oxygenation in a membrane oxygenator, the haemodynamical solution is used. It is found that oxygen concentration increases with increase of channel constriction due to increase of cell-plasma and cell-cell interaction as well as waviness of flow field and this is predicted graphically.
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