John R. Howell – författare

The seventh edition of this classic text outlines the fundamental physical principles of thermal radiation, as well as analytical and numerical techniques for quantifying radiative transfer between surfaces and within participating media. The textbook includes newly expanded sections on surface properties, electromagnetic theory, scattering and absorption of particles, and near-field radiative transfer, and emphasizes the broader connections to thermodynamic principles. Sections on inverse analysis and Monte Carlo methods have been enhanced and updated to reflect current research developments, along with new material on manufacturing, renewable energy, climate change, building energy efficiency, and biomedical applications.Features: Offers full treatment of radiative transfer and radiation exchange in enclosures. Covers properties of surfaces and gaseous media, and radiative transfer equation development and solutions. Includes expanded coverage of inverse methods, electromagnetic theory, Monte Carlo methods, and scattering and absorption by particles. Features expanded coverage of near-field radiative transfer theory and applications. Discusses electromagnetic wave theory and how it is applied to thermal radiation transfer.This textbook is ideal for Professors and students involved in first-year or advanced graduate courses/modules in Radiative Heat Transfer in engineering programs. In addition, professional engineers, scientists and researchers working in heat transfer, energy engineering, aerospace and nuclear technology will find this an invaluable professional resource. Over 350 surface configuration factors are available online, many with online calculation capability. Online appendices provide information on related areas such as combustion, radiation in porous media, numerical methods, and biographies of important figures in the history of the field. A Solutions Manual is available for instructors adopting the text.

Thermal Radiation: An Introduction is a complete textbook for a one-semester introductory graduate course on radiative energy transfer. It bridges the gap between a basic introduction and comprehensive coverage of thermal radiation, focusing on insight into radiative transfer as practiced by engineers. Covering radiative transfer among surfaces, with an introduction to the effects of participating media between surfaces, the book includes surface and medium property characteristics and solutions to the radiative transfer equation in simple geometries.Tailored and organized specifically to suit a one-semester graduate course in radiative heat transferEmphasis is placed on insight into radiative transfer as practiced by engineersDiscusses how radiation is incorporated into finite element analysis (FEA) codesThe textbook is intended for instructors and graduate students in a first-year course on radiative heat transfer or advanced heat transfer. Supplementary resources for students and instructors are available online.

Der Wärmeübergang durch Strahlung hat in den letzten Jahren erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen, vor allem durch die Raumfahrttechnik, Sonnenenergiegewinnung, Energiesparmaßnahmen usw. Dieser Band der Reihe enthält die theoretischen Grundlagen der Temperaturstrahlung, eine eingehende Behandlung des "idealen Strahlers" - des Schwarzen Körpers -, die klassische elektromagnetische Theorie, insoweit sie zur Berechnung der Strahlungseigenschaften von Leitern und Nichtleitern herangezogen werden kann, Materialeigenschaften - speziell der Oberfläche - und deren gezielte Beeinflussung werden beschrieben. An den deutschen Hochschulen wird dieses Gebiet jedoch kaum ausführlich behandelt. Das Buch soll daher sowohl den Studenten als die Vorlesung begleitendes Lehrbuch als auch dem planenden Ingenieur und Praktiker als Lehrbuch zum Selbststudium und als Nachschlagewerk dienen. Durchgerechnete Beispiele sollen helfen, die Theorie mit der Praxis zu verbinden.