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CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 429-450Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cjph.2023.04.002
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Peristalsis; Particle-fluid suspension; Two-phase flow; Hiatus hernia; Regular perturbation technique
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In this paper, the flow behavior of suspended particles swallowing in a Newtonian fluid through the oesophagus is investigated. The peristaltic waves traveling along a circular cylindrical tube are assumed to be progressively dilating. It is observed that the fluid axial velocity usually exceeds the solid particle velocity, except at the wall where the fluid velocity is zero due to the no-slip condition. However, the suspended particulate material still has a non-zero positive axial velocity at the wall. The results suggest that prescribing liquid or food items with lesser solid contents is beneficial for patients with achalasia, oesophageal stricture, and oesophageal tumors. Changes in flow rates alter the streamline patterns and can lead to trapping at high flow rates.
In this paper, we investigate the characteristics of the flow behaviour of suspended particles swallowing in a Newtonian fluid through oesophagus. The peristaltic waves travelling along the walls of a circular cylindrical tube are supposed to be progressively dilating. It is observed that the fluid axial velocity exceeds the solid particle velocity almost everywhere. However, at the wall the axial velocity of the fluid is zero due to the no-slip condition imposed on it; but the suspended particulate material has non -zero positive axial velocity. It is further observed that the axial velocity is negative in the regions near maximum occlusions paving way to instantaneous backward flow. It is also concluded that the maximum axial velocity with particulate suspension with non-zero wave number leaves the particle-free fluid with zero wave number behind. Rising volume fraction diminishes pumping performance and also the axial and radial velocities. The results confirm doctor's views to prescribe liquid or food items with lesser solid contents for achalasia patients and also those who suffer from oesophageal stricture and oesophageal tumours. Streamline patterns are altered by changes in flow rates while trapping takes place at high flow rates.
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