Gravity flow of a fluid with couple stress along an inclined plane with application to blood flow

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chaturani, P. | Upadhya, V.S.

Affiliations: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400076, India

Abstract: The gravity flow of a fluid with couple stress along an inclined plane has been studied. The velocity profiles for various values of Reynolds number, inverse Frouds number, inclination angle and couple stress parameter ‘a’ have been shown graphically. It is shown that gravity flow experiments could be used to determine the couple stress parameter η and the slip velocity in blood flow. Further, these experiments might be used for obtaining the flow curve for blood.

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1977-145-604

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 14, no. 5-6, pp. 237-246, 1977