Time Periodic Electro-Osmotic-Flow of Jeffrey Fluid in a Circular Microtube.

Flow behavior of time periodic electro-osmotic flow (EOF) of non-Newtonian (Jeffrey) fluids in a circular microtube is investigated based on a linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation, together with the Cauchy momentum equation and the Jeffrey constitutive equation. Taking near-wall depletion effects of macromolecules into account, we divided the flow region into skimming layer and the bulk. Analytical solutions of EOF velocity distribution are obtained. By numerical computations, the influences of the related parameters on the velocity amplitude are studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]