Influence of thermal and velocity slip on the peristaltic flow of Cu–water nanofluid with magnetic field

Abstract

The peristaltic flow of an incompressible viscous fluid containing copper nanoparticles in an asymmetric channel is discussed with thermal and velocity slip effects. The copper nanoparticles for the peristaltic flow water as base fluid is not explored so far. The equations for the purposed fluid model are developed first time in literature and simplified using long wavelength and low Reynolds number assumptions. Exact solutions have been calculated for velocity, pressure gradient, the solid volume fraction of the nanoparticles and temperature profile. The influence of various flow parameters on the flow and heat transfer characteristics is obtained.