IJPAM: Volume 76, No. 1 (2012)

FLOW OF AN UNSTEADY DUSTY FLUID THROUGH
POROUS MEDIA IN A UNIFORM PIPE WITH
SECTOR OF A CIRCLE AS CROSS-SECTION

B.J. Gireesha$^1$, K.R. Madhura$^2$, C.S. Bagewadi$^3$
$^{1,3}$Department of Mathematics
Kuvempu University
Shankaraghatta, 577451, Shimoga, Karnataka, INDIA
$^2$Department of Mathematics
East-West Institute of Technology
Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA


Abstract. This investigation deals with study of geometry of the unsteady motion of a dusty fluid through porous media in a uniform pipe with sector of a circle as cross-section. It is assumed that the fluid and the dust particle clouds are static at the beginning. The flow is due to the influence of time dependent pressure gradient. The analytical solutions are obtained by solving the partial differential equations using variable seperable and Laplace transform methods. Further the effects of porosity parameter, number density of the particles and time on the components of velocity of both fluid and dust particles are studied with the aid of graphs. Finally, the expressions for skin-friction are obtained at the boundaries.

Received: May 30, 2011

AMS Subject Classification: 76T10, 76T15

Key Words and Phrases: Frenet frame field system, laminar flow, uniform pipe, dusty gas, velocity of fluid and dust phase, pressure gradient, impulsive motion, transition motion, motion for a finite time, porous media

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Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2012
Volume: 76
Issue: 1