Abstract
This article is concerned with electroosmotic and peristaltic mechanisms to organize the flow of an electrolyte where non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid model serves as a solvent. The governing equations in two dimension are constructed to explore the electrohydrodynamics in microcapillaries of human body. Debye–Hucklelinearization and low Reynolds' number approximations are employed to handle the arising non-linear differential system. Analytical solutions are derived describing the transport characteristics of non-Newtonian flow in rectangular microchannel. The expression of stream function, pressure gradient, velocity distribution is acquired graphically. Observations indicate that the pressure gradient is greater under both mechanisms than under peristalsis alone. Also the physical quantities can be modified by adjusting the applied electric field and the zeta potential at the surface of arterioles.
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