how to multiple elements in arrays together

For a class project I have been tasked with writing a code that will tell me the optimal dimensions to disperse heat from a wall with a square number of pins. I am very new to matlab ( I am a cc transfer student and havent yet taken the matlab course at my college). My code runs but I need it to run through each dimension against another. My code runs them in parallel currently. I tried running multiple for loops to no avail. Here is the code:
%clear all
clear all; close all; clc;
%theta_w = dT
dT = 45;
%h1 and h2 for both cases
h1 = 8;
h2 = 20;
I = input ('heat transfer coefficient of 8 or 20?\n');
if (I < 9)
h=h1;
elseif (I > 9)
h=h2;
end
%k of aluminum
k = 204;
%Area of wall, diameter of fin, length of fin/corrected lengh of fin, and #
%of fins all variables
syms Aw d L Lc nFin;
for nFin = [1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100]
d = 0.001:.001:.05;
L = 0.001:.001:.05;
Aw = 0.01:.01:.5;
%corrected length eqn
Lc = L + d./4;
%area of fin
Af = (pi./4).*(d).^2;
%perimeter of fin
P = pi.*d;
% fin convection term m
m = ((h.*P)./(k.*Af)).^0.5;
%tot convection
q = dT.*h.*(Aw-(Af.*nFin)) + dT.*nFin.*tanh(m.*Lc).*(h.*k.*P.*Af).^0.5 ;
%fin convection
b = dT.*nFin.*tanh(m.*Lc).*(h.*k.*P.*Af).^0.5;
%wall convection
a = dT.*h.*(Aw-(Af.*nFin));
T1=table(nFin);
T2=table(a,b,q);
end
I need the code to output a and b for each d vs each L vs each Aw. Any help is much appreciated.

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dT = 45;
hh = [8;20];
I = input ('heat transfer coefficient of 8 or 20?\n');
h = hh(ceil(I/9));
k = 204;
d = 0.001:.001:.05;
L = 0.001:.001:.05;
Aw = 0.01:.01:.5;
nFin = [1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100];
Lc = L + d/4;
Af = pi/4*d.^2;
P = pi*d;
m = (h*P./(k*Af)).^0.5;
b = dT*nFin(:).*tanh(m.*Lc).*(h*k*P.*Af).^0.5; % MATLAB >= R2016b
a = dT*h*(Aw-(Af.*nFin(:))); % MATLAB >= R2016b
b = nFin(:)*(dT*tanh(m.*Lc).*(h*k*P.*Af).^0.5);% MATLAB <= R2016a
a = dT*h*bsxfun(@minus,Aw,nFin(:)*Af); % MATLAB <= R2016a
ADD after jourdan's comment in my answer
d0 = 0.001:.001:.05;
L0 = 0.001:.001:.05;
Aw0 = 0.01:.01:.5;
nFin0 = [1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100];
n = numel(d0)^3*numel(nFin0);
Aw = zeros(n,1);
L = zeros(n,1);
d = zeros(n,1);
nFin = zeros(n,1);
dT = 45;
hh = [8;20];
I = input ('heat transfer coefficient of 8 or 20?\n');
h = hh(ceil(I/9));
k = 204;
[Aw(:),L(:),d(:),nFin(:)] = ndgrid(Aw0,L0,d0,nFin0);
Lc = L + d/4;
Af = pi/4*d.^2;
P = pi*d;
m = (h*P./(k*Af)).^0.5;
b = dT*nFin.*tanh(m.*Lc).*(h*k*P.*Af).^0.5;
a = dT*h*(Aw-(Af.*nFin));

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First off,thank you for replying. The solution you presented works to use each nFin by the L,d, and Aw terms. My problem is I need the code to run through the equations for each variable. For example
nFin(1),d(1),L(1),Aw(1)
nFin(1),d(1),L(1),Aw(2)
nFin(3),d(1),L(3),Aw(1)
nFin(1),d(4),L(1),Aw(6)
I have tried using the (:) notation you used but it does not run correctly. Would you be able to tell how I would do that?

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