Rayleigh Number in a Stability Problem for a Micropolar Fluid

Authors: IOANA FLORICA DRAGOMIRESCU

Abstract: Approximate numerical evaluations of the Rayleigh number are obtained for a stability problem of thermal convection in a heat-conducting micropolar fluid layer between two rigid boundaries [7]. The influences of all the physical parameters on the values of the Rayleigh number are studied. Also, approximate neutral curves and neutral surfaces are represented in various parameters spaces.

Keywords: Fourier series methods, micropolar fluid, thermal convection, Rayleigh number

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