THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERISTALTIC FLOW OF A WILLIAMSON FLUID IN A RECTANGULAR CHANNEL HAVING COMPLIANT WALLS
In this study, the mathematical observations for the peristaltic flow of a Williamson fluid model (e.g., chyme) in a cross-section of a rectangular duct having compliant walls were considered. The flow was assumed incompressible and unsteady. The constitutive equations were reduced under the assumptions of low Reynolds number and long wavelength approximations. The resulting dimensionless governing equations were solved using the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) and eigenfunction expansion method. The results obtained were explained graphically. The velocity distribution was plotted for physical parameters both in two and three dimensions. The streamline graphs are presented in the end, which explain the trapping bolus phenomenon. All theoretical and graphical results are then discussed simultaneously.