Peristaltic transport of an aqueous solution of silver nanoparticles with convective heat transfer at the boundaries

Abstract

Peristaltic transport of water-based silver nanoparticles in a symmetric channel with convective walls is explored. Analysis has been carried out in the presence of heat source–sink, viscous dissipation, and mixed convection. Lubrication approach has been utilized. Resulting coupled system is solved numerically using the shooting method. Graphical analysis for flow quantities and heat transfer has been made. Results show that the addition of silver nanoparticles considerably reduces the velocity and temperature of the fluid. Enhancement in heat transfer rate at the wall for large nanoparticle volume fraction is also reported. Interesting outcomes of this study are summarized.