Research Article

Effects of Magnetic Field and Nonlinear Temperature Profile on Marangoni Convection in Micropolar Fluid

Table 1

Reference steady-state temperature gradients.

Model Reference steady-state 𝑓 ( 𝑧 ) 𝑎 1 𝑎 2 𝑎 3
temperature gradient

1 Linear 1 1 0 0
2 Inverted parabolic 2 ( 1 𝑧 ) 0 1 0
3 Cubic 1 3 ( 𝑧 1 ) 2 0 0 1
4 Cubic 2 0 . 6 + 1 . 0 2 ( 𝑧 1 ) 2 0.6 0 0.34