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All readings are from: Modest, Michael F. Radiative Heat Transfer. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Academic, 2003. ISBN: 0125031637.
Course readings.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| Week 14 |
| 25 |
Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers |
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| 26 |
Laser Materials Interactions |
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