Numerical procedure to determine geometric view factors for surfaces occluded by cylinders
Abstract
A numerical procedure was developed to determine geometric view factors between connected infinite strips occluded by any number of infinite circular cylinders. The procedure requires a two-dimensional cross-sectional model of the configuration of interest. The two-dimensional model consists of a convex polygon enclosing any number of circles. Each side of the polygon represents one strip, and each circle represents a circular cylinder. A description and listing of a computer program based on this procedure are included in this report. The program calculates geometric view factors between individual strips and between individual strips and the collection of occluding cylinders.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978STIN...7831354S
- Keywords:
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- Numerical Analysis;
- Radiative Heat Transfer;
- Surface Geometry;
- View Effects;
- Analytic Geometry;
- Circular Cylinders;
- Computer Programs;
- Two Dimensional Models;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering