Many biological settings involve complex fluids that have non-Newtonian mechanical responses that arise from suspended microstructures. In contrast, Newtonian fluids are liquids or mixtures of a simple molecular structure that exhibit a linear relationship between the shear stress and the rate of deformation. In modeling complex fluids, the extra stress from the non-Newtonian contribution must be included in the governing equations.

In this study we compare Lagrangian mesh and Oldroyd-B formulations of fluid-structure interaction in an immersed boundary framework. The start-up phase of planar Poiseuille flow between two parallel plates is used as a test case for the fluid models. For Newtonian and Oldroyd-B fluids there exist analytical solutions which are used in the comparison of simulation and theoretical results. The Lagrangian mesh results are compared with Oldroyd-B using comparable parameters. A regridding algorithm is introduced for the Lagrangian mesh model. We show that the Lagrangian mesh model simulations with regridding produce results in close agreement with the Oldfoyd-B model.

A new mathematical model of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory has been constructed in the context of a new consideration of heat conduction with a time-fractional derivative of order 0 < α ≤ 1 and a time-fractional integral of order 0 < γ ≤ 2. This model is applied to one-dimensional problems for a thermoelectric viscoelastic fluid flow in the absence or presence of heat sources. Laplace transforms and state-space techniques will be used to obtain the general solution for any set of boundary conditions. According to the numerical results and its graphs, conclusion about the new theory has been constructed. Some comparisons have been shown in figures to estimate the effects of the fractional order parameters on all the studied fields.

An investigation is carried out on mixed convection boundary layer flow of an incompressible and electrically conducting viscoelastic fluid over a linearly stretching surface in which the heat transfer includes the effects of viscous dissipation, elastic deformation, thermal radiation, and non-uniform heat source/sink for two general types of non-isothermal boundary conditions. The governing partial differential equations for the fluid flow and temperature are reduced to a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations which are solved analytically using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). Graphical and numerical demonstrations of the convergence of the HAM solutions are provided, and the effects of various parameters on the skin friction coefficient and wall heat transfer are tabulated. In addition it is demonstrated that previously reported solutions of the thermal energy equation given in [1] do not converge at the boundary, and therefore, the boundary derivatives reported are not correct.

This paper studies the behavior of second grade viscoelastic fluid past a cavity in a horizontal channel. The effects of Reynolds number, fluid elasticity and the aspect ratio of the cavity on the flow field are simulated numerically. The equations are converted into the vorticity and stream function equations. The solution is obtained by the finite difference method.

The behavior of viscoelastic fluids is quite different from the Newtonian fluid, due to the effects of fluid elasticity. Only one flow pattern appears when the Newtonian fluid past the cavity. However, three kinds of flow patterns appear while the viscoelastic fluids past the cavity by increasing Reynolds number from 20 to 300. The flow field is affected by the fluid elasticity as well as the aspect ratio of the cavity. The transitional flow pattern appears at lower Reynolds number as the higher elasticity fluid past the cavity with larger aspect ratio.

Peristaltic pumping of fluid is a fundamental method of transport in many biologicalprocesses. In some instances, particles of appreciable size are transported along with thefluid, such as ovum transport in the oviduct or kidney stones in the ureter. In some ofthese biological settings, the fluid may be viscoelastic. In such a case, a nonlinearconstitutive equation to describe the evolution of the viscoelastic contribution to thestress tensor must be included in the governing equations. Here we use an immersedboundary framework to study peristaltic transport of a macroscopic solid particle in aviscoelastic fluid governed by a Navier-Stokes/Oldroyd-B model. Numerical simulations ofperistaltic pumping as a function of Weissenberg number are presented. We examine thespatial and temporal evolution of the polymer stress field, and also find that theviscoelasticity of the fluid does hamper the overall transport of the particle in thedirection of the wave.

A magnetic hydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convection of an incompressible viscoelastic fluid over a stretching sheet with ohmic dissipation is studied. The buoyant effect and the electric number E1 couple with magnetic parameter M to represent the dominance of the ohmic effect are presented in governing equations which is the main contribution by this study. The similarity transformation, the finitedifference method have been used to analyze the present problem. The numerical solutions of the flow velocity distributions, temperature profiles and the important wall unknown values of f″(0) and θ′(0) are carried out.

L'interaction entre un fluide en écoulement et les conduites de transport est en rapport avec le niveau des contraintes appliquées ainsi que la durée de vie souhaitée de la structure. L'approche numérique développée dans cette étude est basée sur une modélisation globale du fluide et de la déformation de la conduite en écoulement transitoire. La contrainte tangentielle de viscosité est exprimée par un développement polynomial mixte représentant la variation du profil radial de la vitesse du fluide. La résolution du système d'équations mis au point a été menée à partir de la méthode des caractéristiques couplée avec les différences finies. Dans le cas d'un fluide newtonien, les résultats obtenus ont pu être comparés avec les données expérimentales de Holmboe et celles théoriques de Zielke. Cette comparaison a permis de confirmer la validité du schéma de calcul utilisé. Une extension des calculs de manière analogue a été réalisée pour la même installation dans le cas d'un fluide viscoélastique linéaire.

The solutions for flow and heat transfer in a steady laminar boundary layer flow are presented analytically for an electrically conducting viscoelastic fluid, subject to a transverse uniform magnetic field, past a semi-infinite stretching sheet. The temperature profiles and thermal characteristics at the wall are drawn and tabulated for selected parameters with prescribed surface temperature (PST) and prescribed surface heat flux (PHF) conditions. We also give the asymptotic solutions for temperature when the Prandtl number is very large. It is found that the inclusion of Joule heating has a significant influence on the thermal characteristics at the wall and the wall heat transfer strongly depends on the Prandtl number Pr as well as the Eckert number Ec. The heat flow may transfer from the fluid to the wall when Ec is large rather than from wall to the fluid when Ec is small. A physical argument about the thermal characteristics at the wall is proposed.