Investigation of dissipative heat transfer and peristaltic pumping on MHD Casson fluid flow in an inclined channel filled with porous medium

Abstract

A theoretical investigation is performed for free convective peristaltic pumping of a Casson fluid through an inclined porous wavy channel. The flow is subjected to uniform magnetic field in the transverse direction. In addition, the energy equation contains porous and viscous dissipation effects. The governing flow problem is modeled for Casson fluid with the help of conservation laws of mass, momentum, and energy under the long wavelength assumption. Using a regular perturbation method, we obtained the analytical expressions for the axial velocity, temperature, pressure rise per one wavelength, and heat transfer rate. The consequences of various effects on the flow quantities are demonstrated in the form of graphical representations and discussed in detail. The findings reveal that the rise in the thermal Grashof number and permeability parameter leads to an increment in the velocity and thermal fields. The heat transfer rate strengthened when the Casson parameter and magnetic parameter were increased. The pressure rise exhibits an enhancing trend for the Brinkmann number and permeability parameter. Further, we observed a decreasing behavior on streamlines for increasing magnetic field strength. Moreover, the obtained findings are applicable to a variety of fields in the bioengineering and medical sciences, such as targeted drug delivery, heart-lung machines, MRI, cancer therapy, power conversion devices, and micromanufacturing processes.