CATALOG DATA:
Basic concepts and laws of thermal radiation. Radiative properties of gases and surfaces. Radiative exchange between surfaces. Gaseous radiation interaction.TEXTBOOK:
Sparrow, E.M., and Cess, R.D., Radiation Heat Transfer, Books Cole Publishing Company, 1966.Topics:
- Thermal radiation introduction: Basic laws and definitions, surface radiation.
- Radiation properties of surfaces: Monochromatic and total radiation properties, directional radiation properties, experimental methods of measurement, electromagnetic theory for perfect surfaces.
- Angle factors for radiant interchange between diffuse surfaces: The defining equations and their application, contour-integral representation, shorthand methods.
- Radiant interchange between diffuse surfaces: The enclosure and the angle factor, interchange between isothermal black surfaces, interchange between isothermal gray surfaces, integral equations for radiant interchange between non-isothermal surfaces, surfaces with specular components of reflection, applications of equations of radiant interchange to cavities and fins.
- Introduction to radiant energy transfer in absorbing, emitting and scattering media: Introduction to the theory of a gaseous absorption, emission, and scattering, conservation of energy, equations of transfer and radiation flux equations, radiation regimes and limiting solutions, absorption coefficient; gray and non-gray approximations.
- Radiative equilibrium: Gray medium approximation for diffuse surfaces, gray medium approximation for specularly reflecting surfaces, simple nongray solutions.
- Radiation-conduction interaction: General formulation and limiting solutions, exponential kernel solution.
ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared the course description:
Engineering Science: 3 credits or 100%
Engineering Design: 0 creditsPrepared by: Professor K.T. Yang
Last Update: March 28, 1992
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