Radiation Heat Transfer

Overview

Contents:
Properties of Surfaces : Introduction - Blackbody radiation - Properties of real surfaces - Spectral and directional variations.
Radiation exchange between surfaces : Shape factor - Triangular enclosure - Evaluation of shape factors - Radiation in enclosures - Electrical analogy - Applications - Non-gray enclosures - Enclosure with Specular surfaces - Integral method for enclosures.

Gas Radiation : Introduction to gas radiation - Plane parallel model - Diffusion approximation - Radiative equilibrium - Optically thick limit - Radiation spectroscopy - Isothermal gas emissivity - Band models - Total Emissivity method - Isothermal gas enclosures - Well-stirred furnace model - Gas radiation in complex enclosures - Interaction between radiation and other modes of heat transfer - Radiation heat transfer during flow over flat plate.

Scattering : Radiation and Climate : Radiative-convective equilibrium - Radiative equilibrium with scattering - Radiation measurement - Radiation with internal heat source - Particle scattering - Scattering in the atmosphere - Non-isotropic scattering - Approximate methods in scattering - Monte Carlo method