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Magnetic effect on low Reynolds number flow in a heated tube of slowly varying section

  • Fluids, Plasmas and Electric Discharges
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Acta Physica Hungarica

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A mathematical model is advanced for blood flow in an axisymmetric heated tube in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. The radius of the tube is assumed to to vary slowly in the axial direction. Using asymptotic series analysis about a small parameter, ε, solutions are obtained for the velocity components, temperature and pressure. The effect of the magnetic field on the axial velocity is discussed quantitatively.

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  1. Department of Physics, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria

    A. Ogulu & M. A. Alabraba

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  1. A. Ogulu
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This work is dedicated to the memory of Prof. A. R. Bestman.

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Ogulu, A., Alabraba, M.A. Magnetic effect on low Reynolds number flow in a heated tube of slowly varying section. Acta Physica Hungarica 72, 223–234 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03054166

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