Journal of Prime Research in Mathematics Vol. 5(2009), 192-204 EXACT ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS FOR THE FLOW OF SECOND GRADE FLUID BETWEEN TWO LONGITUDINALLY OSCILLATING CYLINDERS AMIR MAHMOOD 1 , NAJEEB ALAM KHAN 2 , CORINA FETECAU 3 , MUHAMMAD JAMIL 4 , QAMMAR RUBBAB 5 Abstract. The velocity field and associated shear stress corresponding to the longitudinal oscillatory flow of a second grade fluid, between two infinite coaxial circular cylinders, are determined by means of Laplace and Hankel transforms. The flow is due to both of the cylinders that at t =0 + suddenly begin to oscillate along their common axis with different angular frequencies of their respective velocities. The solutions for the motion between the cylinders, when one of them is at rest, can be obtained from our general solutions. Furthermore, the corresponding solutions for the similar flow of Newtonian fluid are also obtained as limiting case. The flows of second grade and Newtonian fluids are compared graphically by plotting their velocity profiles. Key words: second grade fluid, shear stress, longitudinal oscillatory flow, Hankel transform. AMS SUBJECT: 76A05, 76A10. 1. Introduction From the engineering and industrial point of view, the flows in the neighbor- hood of spinning or oscillating bodies are of interest to both academic workers and industry. Among them, the flows between oscillating cylinders are some of the most important and interesting problems of motion. As early as 1886, 1 Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: amir4smsgc@gmail.com. 2 Department of Mathematics, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. Email: njbalam@yahoo.com. 3 Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania. Email: cfetecau@yahoo.de. 4 Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan. 5 Department of Mathematics, FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: rubabqammar@gmail.com. 192