Radiation Heat Transfer. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: undergraduate differential equations, thermodynamics, heat transfer and ME 616 . (May be taken concurrently.) Heat radiation of solid bodies, gases and flames; angle factors; radiative properties of electrical conductors and non-conductors; application of radiative networks to multi-body problems; diffuse specular reflectors: artificial satellites and space vehicles; analogy between heat transfer by radiation and electrical networks; and combined conduction and radiation problems.