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Radiative Transfer

Subjects: Mechanical Engineering · Physics · Technology

Art: Department of State. Patent Office. (1836 - 1849), J.G. Hotchkiss' Patent Drawing for a Rotary Steam Engine - DPLA -…, 7 November… · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Term: Spring 2006
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 60 other files · 4 web pages
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Radiative Transfer

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Lecture 1: Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation

Lecture 2: View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer

Lecture 3: Radiative Transfer in Enclosures

Lecture 4: Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.)

Lecture 5: EM Waves

Lecture 6: EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces

Lecture 7: EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films

Lecture 8: EM Wave Modeling of Particles

Lecture 9: Scattering Properties of Particulates

Lecture 10: Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model

Lecture 11: Lorentz Model

Lecture 12: Radiative Properties of Gases

Lecture 13: Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.)

Lecture 14: First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book)

Lecture 15: Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media

Lecture 16: Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media

Lecture 17: Discrete Ordinate Method

Lecture 18: Spherical Harmonics Method

Lecture 19: Approximate Solutions

Lecture 20: Monte Carlo Simulation

Lecture 21: Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming

Lecture 22: Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory

Lecture 23: Near Field Thermal Radiation

Lecture 24: Solar Cells

Lecture 25: Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers

Lecture 26: Laser Materials Interactions