Finite element method for radiation heat transfer in multi-dimensional graded index medium
Finite element method for radiation heat transfer in multi-dimensional graded index medium
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.05.067
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发表时间:
2006-02-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Tan, HP
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作者:
Liu, LH;Zhang, L;Tan, HP
In graded index medium, ray goes along a curved path determined by Fermat principle, and curved ray-tracing is very difficult and complex. To avoid the complicated and time-consuming computation of curved ray trajectories, a finite element method based on discrete ordinate equation is developed to solve the radiative transfer problem in a multi-dimensional semitransparent graded index medium. Two particular test problems of radiative transfer are taken as examples to verify this finite element method. The predicted dimensionless net radiative heat fluxes are determined by the proposed method and compared with the results obtained by finite volume method. The results show that the finite element method presented in this paper has a good accuracy in solving the multi-dimensional radiative transfer problem in semitransparent graded index medium. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.