Numerical simulation of thermal radiation transfer in gradient refractive index media

Author: Liu Linhua, Tan Heping / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book systematically summarizes, organizes, and presents the theoretical research work of the authors in recent years on the problem of thermal radiation transfer in gradient refractive index media. It provides a detailed introduction to the characteristics of thermal radiation transfer in gradient refractive index media, the derivation and transformation of the radiation transfer equation in gradient refractive index media, as well as various numerical simulation methods for radiation transfer problems in gradient refractive index media, such as ray tracing method, finite volume method, discrete ordinates method, finite element method, and meshfree method, etc. This book is suitable for researchers, engineering technicians, and graduate students and senior undergraduates in related fields such as engineering thermophysics, infrared technology physics, and optical engineering who are engaged in radiation simulation and thermal optical analysis and applications.