Readings

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All readings are from: Amazon logo Modest, Michael F. Radiative Heat Transfer. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Academic, 2003. ISBN: 9780125031639.


Lec # Topics Readings
Week 1
1 Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation Chapter 1
2 View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer Chapter 4
Week 2
3 Radiative Transfer in Enclosures Chapters 5 and 6
4 Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.) Chapters 5 and 6
Week 3
5 EM Waves Chapter 2
Week 4
6 EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces Chapters 2 and 3
7 EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films
Week 5
8 EM Wave Modeling of Particles Chapter 10
9 Scattering Properties of Particulates Chapter 10
Week 6
10 Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model
11 Lorentz Model Optical Properties of Solids (PDF)#
Week 7
12 Radiative Properties of Gases Chapter 9
13 Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.) Chapter 9
Week 8
14 First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book)
15 Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media Chapter 8
Week 9
16 Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media Chapter 12
17 Discrete Ordinate Method Chapter 15
Week 10
18 Spherical Harmonics Method Chapter 14
Week 11
19 Approximate Solutions Chapters 13 and 14
20 Monte Carlo Simulation Chapter 19
Week 12
21 Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming
22 Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory
Week 13
23 Near Field Thermal Radiation
24 Solar Cells
Week 14
25 Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers
26 Laser Materials Interactions