Peristaltic Flow of Carreau Fluid in a Rectangular Duct through a Porous Medium

Table 1

Velocity for various values of 𝑧 for fixed 𝜙=0.6, 𝑄=0.5.

	For Newtonian fluid, when 𝑛=0, 𝑊𝑒=0		For Carreau fluid when 𝑛=0.9, 𝑊𝑒=0
𝑧	𝑢(𝑥,𝑦,𝑧) for 𝛽=0.5		𝑢(𝑥,𝑦,𝑧) for 𝛽=0.5
	Exact solution [26]	Analytical solution	Analytical solution
−1.6	−1.0000	−1.0000	−1.0000
−1.2	0.2108	0.2115	−0.0938
−0.8	1.1161	1.1173	0.1677
−0.4	1.6746	1.6758	0.2445
0.0	1.8633	1.8645	0.2613
0.4	1.6746	1.6758	0.2445
0.8	1.1161	1.1173	0.1677
1.2	0.2108	0.2115	−0.0938
1.6	−1.0000	−1.0000	−1.0000