Influence of heat and mass transfer on MHD two-phase blood flow with radiation

Abstract

The article presents the study of heat and mass transfer effects on the two-phase model of the blood flow through a stenosed artery. The blood flow is considered as Newtonian fluid in both phases, i.e., the core and the plasma region. The coupled nonlinear differential equations are modeled for momentum, energy and concentration of the blood flow in the central core and plasma regions. Since the study takes care of radiation and magnetic effects on blood flow, major characteristics of the blood flow such as flow resistance, total flow rate and wall shear stress are calculated for different values of magnetic field and radiation parameter. The study reveals that increasing the magnetic field intensity and radiation effect leads to decreased velocity and temperature profiles of the blood flow. It is pointed out here that the concentration of the blood flow in core and plasma regions increases as values of the Schmidt number increase. Streamlines in stenosed, narrowed artery are demonstrated for the case of 20%, 40% and 50% of the arterial blockage.