On fluctuating flow of an elastico-viscous fluid past an infinite plate with variable suction

Abstract

An exact solution is obtained for the two-dimensional flow of an elastico-viscous (Walters fluid B’ ) incompressible fluid past an infinite porous wall under the following conditions: (i) the suction velocity normal to the plate oscillates in magnitude but not in direction about a non-zero mean; (ii) the free-stream velocity oscillates in time about a constant mean. The response of the skin-friction to the fluctuating stream and suction velocity is studied for variations in the suction parameter A , the elasticity parameter k and the frequency parameter μ. It is found that the back-flow at the wall is enhanced by k . For the same value of A , the amplitude of the skin-friction decreases with increasing k . Also an increase in k and μ leads to a decrease in the phase of the skin-friction. For moderately large A and k , the phase of the skin-friction may be completely negative.