Response of blood flow through an atherosclerotic artery in the presence of magnetic field using Bingham plastic fluid

The present numerical model was developed to determine the effect of magnetic field on blood flow through an axially non-symmetric but radially symmetric atherosclerotic artery. Blood rheology was described by a weak form Bingham plastic equation. The effect of magnetic field is considered in the transverse direction of blood flow and viscosity of blood is taken as radial co-ordinate dependent. It was disclosed that in the presence of magnetic field, blood did not drastically change the flow patterns, but caused an appreciabledecrease in the shear stresses and a slightly lower resistance to flow.