Detailed thermal analysis of a thin-shell, spherical radiometer in Earth orbit

An.exact energy balance is conducted on a spherical thermal radiation detector. The thermal radiation heat transfer to the spherical detector is computed utilizing models of the surface optical properties that vary with surface temperature, wavelength and angle of incidence. Studies have been conduc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Passwaters, John Oliver
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71088