Mathematical computations for the physiological flow of Casson fluid in a vertical elliptic duct with ciliated heated wavy walls

Abstract

This mathematical investigation discloses the peristaltic flow of non-Newtonian fluid in a vertical duct with an elliptic cross-section and ciliated walls. The Casson fluid’s non-Newtonian model is utilized for an elliptic duct with heated ciliated walls. The physical aspects of cilia-driven metachronal wave combined with sinusoidal wavy wall movement are highlighted. A set of dimensionless partial differential equations with relevant boundary conditions is obtained after simplifying the dimensional form of governing equations using appropriate transformations. A complete mathematical method is conveyed to get exact solutions for this convection heat transfer problem. The final solutions are further analyzed through graphical results. The increase in the value of changes the mechanism from non-Newtonian to a Newtonian flow. Moreover, if is increased to infinity, then it becomes a complete Newtonian fluid flow problem. Moreover, the velocity increases with an increasing value of .