Influence of Wall Properties on the Peristaltic Flow of an Electromagnetic Nanofluid

Abstract

The peristaltic transport of an electromagnetic nanofluid (copper and water) in a wall-compliance channel is presented. The influence of the induced electric and magnetic fields on the conducting fluid is taken into consideration. The effects of the Brownian motion and thermophoretic diffusion of nanoparticles are also presented. The analytical solution has been derived for the stream function, electric field, magnetic field, temperature, and nanoparticles concentration by using a perturbation method. The homotopy perturbation method is also taken into account to complete the solution for both the temperature and nanoparticles concentration. Some special cases are reported on appropriate data choices. In addition, effects of the various physical parameters on the different distributions are discussed graphically.