Annular unidirectional slip Couette flow with heat transfer and variable viscosity by Laplace transform and homotopy perturbation method.

AbstractThis article investigates the thermal, variable viscosity axial Couette flow between two con- centric circular cylinders, taking into account both the Navier and the dynamic slip boundary conditions. In order to put in evidence the effect of dynamic slip on the behavior of the solution, we have kept the flowing fluid to a simple Newtonian viscous fluid. The nonlinear governing equations for momentum and energy balance are solved under startup condition using the Laplace transform (LT) technique, in conjunction with the Homotopy Perturbation Method (HPM). The first two orders of approximation for temperature and velocity are obtained, as well as the entropy generation in the space occupied by the flow and the volumetric flux. Numerical results and graphical representations of the solution are provided and discussed to depict the effects of the slip parameters on the velocity and the temperature profiles, on the entropy generation rate and on the volumetric flux. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]