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

Table 2

Pressure rise for various values of 𝑄.

	For Newtonian fluid, when 𝑛=0, 𝑊𝑒=0		For Carreau fluid when 𝑛=0.9, 𝑊𝑒=0.9
𝑄	Δ𝑝 for 𝛽=2, 𝜙=0.6		Δ𝑝 for 𝛽=2, 𝜙=0.6
	Exact solution [26]	Analytical solution	Analytical solution
−0.1	12.514	12.7087	12.8287
0.0	9.4799	9.4399	9.8599
0.1	6.4457	6.4712	6.8912
0.2	3.4115	3.4025	3.9225
0.3	0.3773	0.3338	0.9538
0.4	−2.6569	−2.6350	−2.0149
0.5	−5.6911	−5.6037	−4.9837
0.6	−8.7254	−8.7724	−7.9524
0.7	−11.7596	−11.7412	−10.9211
0.8	−14.7938	−14.7099	−13.8899