Fractional Burgers Fluid Flow Due to Metachronal Ciliary Motion in an Inclined Tube

Cilia-induced flow of fractional Burgers fluid is studied in an inclined tube for both symplectic and antiplectic wave patterns. The solution of the problem is persued under the long wave length limitation. The fractional Adomian decomposition method is employed to evaluate the pressure gradient. Ma...

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Published in:Frontiers in physiology 2019-05, Vol.10, p.588-588
Main Authors: Mann, Amer Bilal, Shaheen, Sidra, Maqbool, Khadija, Poncet, Sébastien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
burgers fluid
cilia
fractional Adomian decomposition method
inclined tube
long wave length approximation
Physiology
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Summary:Cilia-induced flow of fractional Burgers fluid is studied in an inclined tube for both symplectic and antiplectic wave patterns. The solution of the problem is persued under the long wave length limitation. The fractional Adomian decomposition method is employed to evaluate the pressure gradient. Mathematical expressions for the axial velocity, frictional force, pressure gradient, and stream function are obtained and the influence of the main operating parameters is discussed in detail. It is noted that the velocity profile is more dominant in the case of antiplectic metachronal waves compared to symplectic ones, which confirms former results on the better capability of antiplectic waves to transport mucus, obtained with more complex numerical solvers.
ISSN:1664-042X
1664-042X
DOI:10.3389/fphys.2019.00588