Radiative heat transfer

Radiative Heat Transfer, Third Edition is a comprehensive reference for scientists, engineers, and graduate students working in the field of heat transfer and thermal radiation. This new edition has been updated to include significant advances and the emergence of new research topics over the last decade. Acknowledged in the field as the industry standard resource for radiative heat transfer, the third edition provides basic physics and computational tools, such as models, methodologies, and calculations that are of pivotal importance in energy, combustion, aeronautics, nanotechnology, lighting, and environmental applications. Written in modular fashion, the new edition of Radiative Heat Transfer is now divided into 24 chapters, offering complete coverage comprising the four major areas in the field: surface properties; surface transport; properties of participating media; and transfer through participating media. Each chapter shows the development of all analytical methods in substantial detail, aided by numerous examples and chapter-end problems to show how the developed relations may be applied in practice. This makes the new edition an ideal resource for classroom use, for self-study, as well as for reference.

Previous edition: 2003.

1. Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Nature of Thermal Radiation -- 1.3 Basic Laws of Thermal Radiation -- 1.4 Emissive Power -- 1.5 Solid Angles -- 1.6 Radiative Intensity -- 1.7 Radiative Heat Flux -- 1.8 Radiation Pressure -- 1.9 Visible Radiation (Luminance) -- 1.10 Radiative Intensity in Vacuum -- 1.11 Introduction to Radiation Characteristics of Opaque Surfaces -- 1.12 Introduction to Radiation Characteristics of Gases -- 1.13 Introduction to Radiation Characteristics of Solids and Liquids -- 1.14 Introduction to Radiation Characteristics of Particles -- 1.15 The Radiative Transfer Equation -- 1.16 Outline of Radiative Transport Theory -- 2. Radiative Property Predictions from Electromagnetic Wave Theory -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Macroscopic Maxwell Equations -- 2.3 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Unbounded Media -- 2.4 Polarization -- 2.5 Reflection and Transmission -- 2.6 Theories for Optical Constants -- 3. Radiative Properties of Real Surfaces -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Definitions -- 3.3 Predictions from Electromagnetic Wave Theory -- 3.4 Radiative Properties of Metals -- 3.5 Radiative Properties of Nonconductors -- 3.6 Effects of…