Peristaltic transport of a conducting fluid through a porous medium in an asymmetric vertical channel

The study of the mechanism of peristalsis in both mechanical and physiological situations has recently become the object of scientific research. Several theoretical and experimental attempts have been made to understand peristaltic action in different situations. A review of much of the early literature is presented in an article by Jaffrin and Shapiro (5). A summary of most of the experimental and theoretical investigations reported with details of the geometry, fluid Reynolds number, wavelength parameter, wave amplitude parameter and wave shape has been studied by Srivastava and Srivastava (16).