SORET AND DUFOUR EFFECTS ON THE MHD PERISTALTIC FLOW IN A POROUS MEDIUM WITH THERMAL RADIATION AND CHEMICAL REACTION

This study discusses the Soret and Dufour effects on the MHD peristaltic flow of a Maxwell fluid in the presence of thermal radiation and chemical reaction. The whole analysis is carried out in a porous space in a vertical asymmetric channel. A long wavelength and low Reynold number approximation is adopted. The walls are kept at different but constant temperatures and concentrations. A perturbation solution is acquired, which satisfies the momentum, energy, and concentration equations. Pressure rise per wavelength and frictional forces at the walls are computed numerically. The flow characteristics are analyzed at various pertinent parameters of interest.