Effects of Magnetic Field and Nonlinear Temperature Profile on Marangoni Convection in Micropolar Fluid
The combined effects of a uniform vertical magnetic field and a nonuniform basic temperature profile on the onset of steady Marangoni convection in a horizontal layer of micropolar fluid are studied. The closed-form expression for the Marangoni number M for the onset of convection, valid for polynom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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Series: | Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/748794 |