A particle-fluid suspension model is applied to the problem of pulsatile bl
ood Bow through a circular tube under the influence of body acceleration. W
ith the help of finite Hankel and Laplace transforms, analytic expressions
for axial velocity for both fluid and particle phase, fluid acceleration, w
all shear stress and instantaneous flow rate have been obtained. It is obse
rved that the solutions can be used for all feasible values of pulsatile an
d body acceleration Reynolds numbers R-p and R-b Using physiological data,
the following qualitative and quantitative results have been obtained. The
amplitude Q(b) of instantaneous Bow rate due to body acceleration decreases
as the tube radius decreases. The effect of the volume fraction of particl
e C on Q(b) is to increase it with increase of C in arteriole and to decrea
se Q(b) as C increases in coronary and femoral arteries, The maximum of the
axial velocity and fluid acceleration shifts from the axis of the tube to
the vicinity of the tube wall as the tube diameter increases. The effect of
C on the velocity and acceleration are nonuniform. The wall shear amplitud
e tau(b) due to body acceleration increases as the tube diameter decreases
from femoral to coronary and a further decrease in the tube diameter leads
to a decrease in tau(b). The effects of C on tau(b) are again nonuniform.