Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction and Blackbody Radiation
Chapter 2. Definitions of Properties for Nonblack Opaque Surfaces
Chapter 3. Prediction of Radiative Properties by Classical Electromagnetic Theory
Chapter 4. Radiative Properties of Real Materials
Chapter 5. Configuration Factors for Surfaces Transferring Uniform Diffuse Radiation
Chapter 6. Radiation Exchange in Enclosures Composed of Black and/or Diffuse-Gray Surfaces
Chapter 7. The Exchange of Thermal Radiation between Nondiffuse Nongray Surfaces
Chapter 8. Radiation Exchange in Enclosures with Some Specularly Reflecting Surfaces
Chapter 9. Radiation Combined with Conduction and Convection at Boundaries
Chapter 10. Numerical Solution Methods for Radiation Combined with Convection and Conduction
Chapter 11. Fundamentals and Material Properties for Radiative Transfer in Absorbing, Emitting and Scattering Media
Chapter 12. Engineering Treatment of Radiation in Enclosures
Chapter 13. Energy and Radiative Transfer Relations for an Absorbing, Emitting and Scattering Medium with Conduction and Convection
Chapter 14. Relations for Energy Transfer in Plane Layers and Multidimensional Geometrics
Chapter 15. Optically Thin and Thick Limits for Radiative Transfer in Translucent Media
Chapter 16. Multi-Flux and Discrete Ordinates Methods for Radiative Transfer in Transluent Media
Chapter 17. Numerical Solution Methods for Combined Radiation, Conduction and Convection in Participating Media
Chapter 18. Radiative Effects in Translucent Solids, Windows, and Coatings with n 1
Appendix A: Conversion Factors, Radiation Constants, and Blackbody Functions Appendix B: Radiative Properties Appendix C: Catalog of Selected Configuration Factors Appendix D: Exponential Integral Relations and Two-Dimensional Radiation Functions
Index

About the Author

Robert Siegel, SC.D. is presently a heat transfer consultant. Prior to this he was a Senior Research Scientist at NASA Lewis Research Center, where he worked on heat transfer research for 44 years. Dr. Siegel is a Fellow of both ASME and AIAA. He has receivd numerous achievement awards, authored 185 technical papers, and taught graduate level courses as an adjunct professor at three universities. John Howell is presently Baker-Hughes Centennial Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. He previously was a heat transfer researcher at the NASA Lewsi Research Center, and a professor at the University of Houston. Dr. Howell served as Program Director of the Thermal Transport and Thermal Processing Program with the National Science Foundation from 1994-1995, as well as being a Fellow of ASME and AIAA. He has received numerous achievement awards.