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Peristaltic flow at finite Reynolds numbers

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In this article the author discusses the results of a numerical investigtion of peristaltic flow at finite Reynolds numbers and finite wave numbers and amplitudes of the traveling wave at the channel walls. The limits of applicability of the data of the asymptotic analysis carried out [6] by means of separate expansions in powers of the Reynolds number and the wave number are determined. It is shown that with increase in the Reynolds number the possibility of transition, under certain conditions, to the flow structure corresponding to nonaxial trapping is preserved.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 11–15, May–June, 1985.

The author wishes to thank E. M. Zhukhovitskii for his interest in the work.

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Levina, G.V. Peristaltic flow at finite Reynolds numbers. Fluid Dyn 20, 344–347 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01049983

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