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Long-wavelength peristaltic pumping at low Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

M. J. Manton
M. J. Manton
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract

An asymptotic expansion is found for the low Reynolds number flow induced in an axisymmetric tube by long peristaltic waves of arbitrary shape. Expressions are determined for the relationship between the mean pressure gradient and the volume flux, for the mean rate of working by the wall of the tube and for the shear stress a t the wall. A necessary and sufficient condition for the occurrence of trapping (that is, regions of separated flow near the axis of the tube in a reference frame moving at the wave speed) is obtained. It is shown that reflux (that is, a mean flux in the negative axial direction in a layer of fluid adjacent to the wall when the net mean flux is positive) occurs whenever there is an adverse mean pressure gradient, independently of the shape of the wave. A n estimate of the amount of reflux is derived.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , 15 April 1975 , pp. 467 - 476
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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