Magnetohydrodynamic Blood Flow in a Cylindrical Tube with Magnetic Particles: A Time Fractional Model

The present work theoretically investigates the natural convection blood flow as a Brinkman-type fluid with uniformly distributed magnetic particles in a circular cylindrical tube with the applied external magnetic field. The classical model for the blood flow is generalized by using the definition of Caputo time-fractional derivative. The exact solutions are obtained by using the Laplace and Henkel transforms. Unlike the classical model, the obtained general results are expressed in the form of “Lorenzo and Hartley’s” and “Robotnov and Hartley’s” functions. Graphs are plotted to show the effects of different parameters on the blood flow. Furthermore, the velocity and temperature distributions are discussed in terms of memory. The effect of fractional parameter α for a long and short time has also been observed. It is noticed that blood velocity can be controlled using the fractional parameter. It is also found that, for τ > 0 , fluid and particles motion increased, and reverse behavior is observed for τ < 0 . It has been noticed that increasing values of particle mass parameter P m and magnetic parameter M slow down the motion of blood and magnetic particles. These results are helpful for effective drug delivery and regulating blood flow.

The effect of residual stress on the stability of a circular cylindrical tube

Residual stresses in an unloaded configuration of an elastic material have a significant influence on the response of the material from that configuration, but the effect of residual stress on the stability of the material, whether loaded or unloaded, has only been addressed to a limited extent. In this paper we consider the level of residual stress that can be supported in a thick-walled circular cylindrical tube of non-linearly elastic material without loss of stability when subjected to fixed axial stretch and either internal or external pressure. In particular, we consider the tube to have radial and circumferential residual stresses, with a simple form of elastic constitutive law that accommodates the residual stress, and incremental deformations restricted to the cross section of the tube. Results are described for a tube subject to a level of (internal or external) pressure characterized by the internal azimuthal stretch. Subject to restrictions imposed by the strong ellipticity condition, the emergence of bifurcated solutions is detailed for their dependence on the level of residual stress and mode number.

Nonlinear magnetoelastic deformations of porous solids

A magnetoactive porous solid comprises a porous polymer matrix with embedded magnetizable particles. The connected porous space of the polymer matrix is filled with a fluid. Under externally applied magnetic fields, the magnetoactive porous solid can undergo large deformations in the elastic regime, triggering diffusive flow in the interconnected pores. The coupled hydromagnetomechanical behavior of such materials has recently received considerable attention. In this paper, the effective stress principle is applied to the constitutive modeling of the material at finite strains. In contrast to previous works, the Lagrangian porosity is no longer treated as an independent constitutive variable in the proposed formulation. To investigate the effect of the magnetic field on the mechanical response of the material, as well as to illustrate the theory, the problem of inflation of a circular cylindrical tube in the presence of a uniform axial magnetic field is formulated and solved. Computational results are presented graphically.

Waves and vibrations in a finitely deformed electroelastic circular cylindrical tube

In two recent papers, conditions for which axisymmetric incremental bifurcation could arise for a circular cylindrical tube subject to axial extension and radial inflation in the presence of an axial load, internal pressure and a radial electric field were examined, the latter being effected by a potential difference between compliant electrodes on the inner and outer radial surfaces of the tube. The present paper takes this work further by considering the incremental deformations to be time-dependent. In particular, both the axisymmetric vibration of a tube of finite length with appropriate end conditions and the propagation of axisymmetric waves in a tube are investigated. General equations and boundary conditions governing the axisymmetric incremental motions are obtained and then, for purposes of numerical evaluation, specialized for a Gent electroelastic model. The resulting system of equations is solved numerically and the results highlight the dependence of the frequency of vibration and wave speed on the tube geometry, applied deformation and electrostatic potential. In particular, the bifurcation results obtained previously are recovered as a special case when the frequency vanishes. Specification of an incremental potential difference in the present work ensures that there is no incremental electric field exterior to the tube. Results are also illustrated for a neo-Hookean electroelastic model and compared with those previously obtained for the case in which no incremental potential difference (or charge) is specified and an external field is required.

Effects of Rheological Parameters of a Viscoplastic Fluid on Peristaltic Pumping in a Cylindrical Tube

In this paper, we study theoretically the peristaltic transport of a generalized four-parameter plastic fluid in a circular cylindrical tube. The present fluid model is presented for the rheological characterization of inelastic fluid foods. Long wavelength and low Reynolds number approximations are taken into account to get solution. The effects of embedded parameters on pressure rise, frictional force and especially on the mechanical efficiency have been numerically displayed and physically discussed.

Nonlinear electroelasticity: material properties, continuum theory and applications

In the last few years, it has been recognized that the large deformation capacity of elastomeric materials that are sensitive to electric fields can be harnessed for use in transducer devices such as actuators and sensors. This has led to the reassessment of the mathematical theory that is needed for the description of the electromechanical (in particular, electroelastic) interactions for purposes of material characterization and prediction. After a review of the key experiments concerned with determining the nature of the electromechanical interactions and a discussion of the range of applications to devices, we provide a short account of the history of developments in the nonlinear theory. This is followed by a succinct modern treatment of electroelastic theory, including the governing equations and constitutive laws needed for both material characterization and the analysis of general electroelastic coupling problems. For illustration, the theory is then applied to two simple representative boundary-value problems that are relevant to the geometries of activation devices; in particular, (a) a rectangular plate and (b) a circular cylindrical tube, in each case with compliant electrodes on the major surfaces and a potential difference between them. In (a), an electric field is generated normal to the major surfaces and in (b), a radial electric field is present. This is followed by a short section in which other problems addressed on the basis of the general theory are described briefly.

Finite deformations and incremental axisymmetric motions of a magnetoelastic tube

A thick-walled circular cylindrical tube made of an incompressible magnetoelastic material is subjected to a finite static deformation in the presence of an internal pressure, an axial stretch and an azimuthal or an axial magnetic field. The dependence of the static magnetoelastic deformation on the intensity of the applied magnetic field is analysed for two different magnetoelastic energy density functions. Then, superimposed on this static configuration, incremental axisymmetric motions of the tube and their dependence on the applied magnetic field and deformation parameters are studied. In particular, we show that magnetoelastic coupled waves exist only for particle motions in the azimuthal direction. For particle motion in radial and axial directions, only purely mechanical waves are able to propagate when a magnetic field is absent. The wave speeds as well as the stability of the tube can be controlled by changing the internal pressure, axial stretch and applied magnetic field that demonstrates the applicability of magneto-elastomers as wave guides and vibration absorbers.