Abstract
Abstract We numerically investigate peristaltic transport of incompressible visco-elasto-plastic fluids in a two-dimensional symmetric channel. The constitutive equation used for extra stress tensor is of more general form as it includes a number of well-known models like Maxwell A and B, Johnson–Segalman, Oldroyd-B, and Bingham models as its special cases. A detailed mathematical modelling of the problem is presented. The flow equations in the wave frame reduce to a single nonlinear ordinary differential equation in stream function by the implication of widely taken assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. The solution of the problem is obtained by two ways; namely, shooting method and Matlab built in routine bvp4c, and their comparison shows an excellent agreement. A parametric study based on bvp4c solution is performed to see the effects of parameters on velocity profile, pressure rise per wavelength, frictional forces, and trapping phenomenon.
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