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Influence of magnetic field and Hall currents on blood flow through a stenotic artery

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A micropolar model for blood simulating magnetohydrodynamic flow through a horizontally nonsymmetric but vertically symmetric artery with a mild stenosis is presented. To estimate the effect of the stenosis shape, a suitable geometry has been considered such that the horizontal shape of the stenosis can easily be changed just by varying a parameter referred to as the shape parameter. Flow parameters, such as velocity, the resistance to flow (the resistance impedance), the wall shear stress distribution in the stenotic region, and its magnitude at the maximum height of the stenosis (stenosis throat), have been computed for different shape parameters, the Hartmann number and the Hall parameter. This shows that the resistance to flow decreases with the increasing values of the parameter determining the stenosis shape and the Hall parameter, while it increases with the increasing Hartmann number. The wall shear stress and the shearing stress on the wall at the maximum height of the stenosis possess an inverse characteristic to the resistance to flow with respect to any given value of the Hartmann number and the Hall parameter. Finally, the effect of the Hartmann number and the Hall parameter on the horizontal velocity is examined.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, 11884, Cairo, Egypt

    Kh. S. Mekheimer

  2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, Suez, Egypt

    M. A. El Kot

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Mekheimer, K.S., El Kot, M.A. Influence of magnetic field and Hall currents on blood flow through a stenotic artery. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 29, 1093–1104 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-008-0813-x

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