EFFECT OF SLIP PARAMETER ON MHD BLOOD FLOW AND HEATTRANSFER THROUGH A POROUS MEDIUM WITH VARIABLE VISCOSITY

A mathematical study of pulsatile bio-magnetic blood flow through a channel containing porous medium with variable viscosity is considered. A uniform magneticfield is applied perpendicular to the porous surface. The dimensionless governingcoupled, non-linear partial differential equations are solved by an efficient, accurate and unconditionally stable finite difference scheme ofthe Crank-Nicolson type. The effects of various parameters like Reynolds number,hydro-magnetic parameter, variable viscosity parameter, velocity and thermal slip parameter, Prandtl number and Forchheimer parameter on the velocity and temperaturehavebeen examined with the help of graphs. The present results reported here are likely to have an important bearing on the therapeutic procedure of hyperthermia,particularly in understanding/regulating bloodflow and heat transfer in capillaries.