TY - JOUR
TI - Nonlinear peristaltic flow of Walter's B fluid in an asymmetric channel with heat transfer and chemical reactions
AU - Mehmood Obaid Ullah
AU - Mustapha Norzieha
AU - Shafie Sharidan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2014
VL - 18
IS - 4
SP - 1095
EP - 1107
PT - Article
AB - In this paper, effects of heat and mass transfer on peristaltic transport of  Walter's B fluid in an asymmetric channel are investigated. The governing  equations are solved using regular perturbation method by taking wave number  as a small parameter. Expressions for the stream function, temperature  distribution, heat transfer coefficient, and mass concentration are presented  in explicit form. Solutions are analyzed graphically for different values of  arising parameters such as viscoelastic parameter, Prandtl, Eckert, Soret,  Schmidt and Reynolds number. It has been found that these parameters  considerably affect the considered flow characteristics. Results show that  with an increase in Eckert and Prandtl number temperature and heat transfer  coefficient increase while mass concentration decreases. Further, Mass  concentration also decreases with increasing Soret and Schmidt number.