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).
LEC # |
TOPICS |
PROFESSOR CHEN'S NOTES |
STUDENT'S NOTES |
Week 1 |
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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 |
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3 |
Radiative Transfer in Enclosures |
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4 |
Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.) |
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Week 3 |
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5 |
EM Waves |
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Week 4 |
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6 |
EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces |
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7 |
EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films |
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Week 5 |
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8 |
EM Wave Modeling of Particles |
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9 |
Scattering Properties of Particulates |
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Week 6 |
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10 |
Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model |
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11 |
Lorentz Model |
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Week 7 |
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12 |
Radiative Properties of Gases |
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13 |
Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.) |
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Week 8 |
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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 |
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16 |
Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media |
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17 |
Discrete Ordinate Method |
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Week 10 |
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18 |
Spherical Harmonics Method |
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Week 11 |
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19 |
Approximate Solutions |
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20 |
Monte Carlo Simulation |
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Week 12 |
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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 |
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23 |
Near Field Thermal Radiation |
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24 |
Solar Cells |
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Week 14 |
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25 |
Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers |
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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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