title: A Note on Radiative Heat Transfer to Peristaltic Flow of Sisko Fluid.
abstract: This paper looks at the effects of radiative heat transfer on the peristaltic transport of a Sisko fluid in an asymmetric channel with nonuniform wall temperatures. Adopting the lubrication theory, highly nonlinear coupled governing equations involving power law index as an exponent have been linearized and perturbation solutions are obtained about the Sisko fluid parameter. Analytical solutions for the stream function, axial pressure gradient, axial velocity, skin friction, and Nusselt number are derived for three different cases (i.e., shear thinning fluid, viscous fluid, and shear thickening fluid). The effects of Grashof number, radiation parameter, and other configuration parameters on pumping, trapping, temperature, Nusselt number, and skin friction have been examined in detail. A good agreement has been found for the case of viscous fluid with existing results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt. 47040, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Obaid Ullah
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1953-1894
authors.initials: OU
authors.lastname: Mehmood
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Iasi, 70050 Iasi, Romania; Academy of Romanian Scientists, 050094 Bucuresti, Romania.
authors.forename: Constantin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fetecau