Abstract:
We consider the transport of vorticity in an Oldroydian viscoelastic fluid in the presence of suspended magnetic particles through porous media. We obtain the equations governing such a transport of vorticity from the equations of magnetic fluid flow. It follows from these equations that the transport of solid vorticity is coupled to the transport of fluid vorticity in a porous medium. Further, we find that because of a thermokinetic process, fluid vorticity can exist in the absence of solid vorticity in a porous medium, but when fluid vorticity is zero, then solid vorticity is necessarily zero. We also study a two-dimensional case.
Keywords:Oldroydian viscoelastic fluid, suspended magnetic particle, vorticity, porous media.