Computation of view factors for surfaces of complex shape including screening effects and using a boundary element approximation

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-148

  Mezrhab, A ^a   Bouzidi, M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary elements methods; Heat transfer; Monte Carlo simulation; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPLEX SHAPES; RADIATIVE EXCHANGE; SCREENING EFFECTS; SHADOW EFFECTS;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 18844373035     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400510585457     Document Type: Article

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