International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 25 (2001), Issue 2, Pages 93-113
doi:10.1155/S0161171201002563

Hydrodynamic flow between rotating eccentric cylinders with suction at the porous walls

S. Meena,1 P. Kandaswamy,1 and Lokenath Debnath2

1Department of Mathematics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, India
2Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, Florida, USA

Received 19 November 1998

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Abstract

The flow of a viscous, incompressible fluid between two eccentric rotating porous cylinders with suction/injection at both the cylinders, for very small clearance ratio is studied. The expressions for various flow characteristics are obtained using perturbation analysis. Streamlines and pressure plots are shown graphically for various values of flow parameters and discussed.