TITLE:
Analysis of Pulsatile Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Third Grade Blood Flow in a Stenosed Artery
AUTHORS:
L. N. Ikpakyegh, G. T. Okedayo, T. Aboiyar, E. S. Onah
KEYWORDS:
Third Grade Fluid, Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Shear Thinning/Thickening
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Computational Mathematics,
Vol.8 No.1,
March
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: In this research, we modeled MHD third grade blood flow
in a stenosed artery. The blood viscosity and the density have been modeled into
the shear thinning/thickening parameters, the most important rheological properties
of blood. We used regular perturbation method and obtained the flow characteristics
such as the flow velocity, the volume flow rate, the shear stress and the resistance
to the flow considering a single layered stenosed artery. The results however showed
that there is significant increase in volume flow rate and the velocity with increase
in the magnetic field intensity H and the shear thinning Λ and reduces with increase in the shear thickening Ω.