Radiative Transfer

Lecture Notes

This page presents two forms of lecture notes: notes by Professor Chen, and notes taken in-class by a student (presented courtesy of Tom Harris, and used with permission).

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TOPICS

PROFESSOR CHEN'S NOTES

STUDENT'S NOTES

Week 1

1

Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation

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2

View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer

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Week 2

3

Radiative Transfer in Enclosures

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4

Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.)

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Week 3

5

EM Waves

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Week 4

6

EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces

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7

EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films

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Week 5

8

EM Wave Modeling of Particles

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9

Scattering Properties of Particulates

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Week 6

10

Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model

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11

Lorentz Model

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Week 7

12

Radiative Properties of Gases

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13

Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.)

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Week 8

14

First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book)

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15

Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media

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Week 9

16

Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media

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17

Discrete Ordinate Method

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Week 10

18

Spherical Harmonics Method

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Week 11

19

Approximate Solutions

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20

Monte Carlo Simulation

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Week 12

21

Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming

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22

Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory

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Week 13

23

Near Field Thermal Radiation

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24

Solar Cells

Week 14

25

Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers

26

Laser Materials Interactions

Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS

SOLUTIONS

Problem Set 1 (PDF)

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Problem Set 2 (PDF)

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Problem Set 3 (PDF)

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Problem Set 4 (PDF)

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Problem Set 5 (PDF)

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Problem Set 6 (PDF)

Exams

EXAMS

SOLUTIONS

First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book)

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Second Mid-term (Take-home)

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