Comparison of Monte Carlo Strategies for Radiative Transfer in Participating Media

Advances in Heat Transfer

Volumn 31, Issue C, 1998, Pages 333-429

  Farmer, Jeffery T ^a   Howell, John R ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 77956771565     PISSN: 00652717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2717(08)70243-0     Document Type: Chapter

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