Abstract
Peristaltic flow is used to study the flow and heat transfer of carbon nanotubes in an asymmetric channel with thermal and velocity slip effects. Two types of carbon nanotubes, namely, single- and multi-wall carbon nanotubes are utilized to see the analysis with water as base fluids. Empirical correlations are used for the thermo-physical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in terms of solid volume fraction of CNTs. The governing equations are simplified using long wavelength and low Reynolds number approximation. Exact solutions have been evaluated for velocity, pressure gradient, the solid volume fraction of CNTs and temperature profile. The effects of various flow parameters, i.e. Hatmann number
M
, the solid volume fraction of the nanoparticles
ϕ
, Grashof number
G
, velocity slip parameter
β
, thermal slip parameter
γ
and Prandtl number
P
r
are presented graphically for both single- (SWCNT) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT).