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Radiation Heat Transfer: A Statistical Approach

ISBN: 978-0-471-21270-6
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504 pages
June 2002
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Preface.
Acknowledgments.
FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMAL RADIATION.
Introduction to Thermal Radiation.
Basic Concepts; the Blackbody.
Description of Real Surfaces;
Surface Properties.
Radiation Behavior of Surfaces.
Wave Phenomena in Thermal Radiation.
Radiation in a Participating Medium.
TRADITIONAL METHODS OF RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS.
Solution of the Equation of Radiative Transfer.
The Net Exchange Formulation for Diffuse, Gray Enclosures.
Evaluation of Configuration Factors.
Radiative Analysis of Nondiffuse, Nongray Surfaces Using the Net Exchange Formulation.
THE MONTE CARLO RAY-TRACE (MCRT) METHOD.
Introduction to the Monte Carlo Ray-Trace (MCRT) Method.
The MCRT Method for Diffuse-Specular, Gray Enclosures: An Extended Example.
The Distribution Factor for Nondiffuse, Nongray, Surface-to-Surface Radiation.
The MCRT Method Applied to Radiation in a Participating Medium.
Statistical Estimation of Uncertainty in the MCRT Method.
Appendix A: Radiation from an Atomic Dipole.
Appendix B: Mie Scattering by Homogeneous Spherical Particles: Program UNO.
Appendix C: A Functional Environment for Longwave Infrared Exchange (FELIX).
Appendix D: Random Number Generators and Autoregression Analysis.
Index.

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