%0 Journal Article
%T On the Study of Magneto-Hydrodynamic  Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow throughout  Curvilinear Channel with Corrugated Walls
%A Seyed Ali Madani Tonekaboni
%A Hamid Reza Gharahi
%A Mohammad Hossein Motevaselian
%A Seyed Fouad Karimian
%A Sara Jahromi
%J Open Journal of Modelling and Simulation
%P 127-137
%@ 2327-4026
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojmsi.2014.24014
%X This article aims to numerically investigate the flow pattern for Newtonian and power law non-Newtonian fluid in a semi-half circular channel with corrugated walls under the influence of a magnetic field. The results indicate that, presence of a magnetic field affects the flow field in several aspects, especially in the vortex creation and dissipation. In addition, the analysis is carried out for different Reynolds numbers to ascertain the influence of magnetic field on each flow regime. Eventually, the analysis is carried out for a range of power indices including pseudo plastic (shear-thinning) to dilatants (shear-thickening) fluids. The results show that by increasing the power-index, the vortices begin to form and grow gradually so that in the shear-thickening fluid an extra vortex is formed and created nearby the corrugated part of the channel.
%K Newtonian Fluid
%K Power-Law Non-Newtonian Fluid
%K Shear-Thickening
%K Shear-Thinning
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50369