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Written for: Researchers, engineers Book category: Monograph Publication language: English Series: Scientific Computation

Aristide Mbiock - Roman Weber Radiation in Enclosures Elliptic Boundary Value Problem   2000. XII, 216 pp. 55 figs., 20 tabs. ISSN 1434-8322; ISBN 3-540-66095-X ; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York DM 98,-

An excellent reference for researchers in radiative transfer.

Reviewer: Dr. John R. Howell
Date: 3rd May 2000
Recommanded

I received the review copy of "Radiation in Enclosures" by Mbiock and Weber, and have examined it rather carefully.

This text carefully lays out the mathematical foundations for the treatment of radiation heat transfer in enclosures, with particular emphasis on the boundary element method. Both transparent and participating media are covered. As such, it should act as a useful reference for researchers in radiative transfer who wish to refer to a rigorous mathematical justification for the assumptions that are often made in radiative analysis.

The numerical implementation of the boundary element method should provide an excellent reference for those interested in adopting this powerful and increasingly popular approach to radiative transfer analysis.

You might pass on to the authors that I believe their definition of the thermal diffusivity on page 185 is inverted from the conventional definition.

Jack Howell
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1063
Tel.: (512) 471-3095 - fax:  (512) 471-1045
jhowell@mail.utexas.edu - http://www.utexas.edu/coe/general/howell.html

Jack Howell is co-author of the book "Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer". He is presently Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and Baker-Hughes Centennial Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas-Austin.

His career spans jobs as a researcher at the NASA Lewis Research Center, associate and full professor at the University of Houston, and his present posts. He has chaired the Mechanical Engineering Department and directed the Center for Energy Studies at UT.

He was Program Director of the Thermal Transport and Thermal Processing Program for NSF in 1994-5. His research centers on radiative heat transfer, with applications in combustion processes, manufacturing, and numerical methods.

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