BIFAC: A Program for Computing Thermal Radiant Interchange Among Non-Idealized Surfaces 932259
A new, general-purpose computer program (BIFAC) has been developed for computing thermal radiant interchange among opaque surfaces that need not be perfectly diffuse or perfectly specular. The method uses the full bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) to determine directional radiosities, and thence heat fluxes, between surfaces. The method gives more accurate average interchange factors for diffuse surfaces, because it better represents interaction in corners. The maximum error in a stringent test using a specular surface was 8.9%, in great part because the exact specular solution does not include the real specular cone that is used in BIFAC.
Citation: Costello, C., Costello, F., Herndon, V., and Skladany, J., "BIFAC: A Program for Computing Thermal Radiant Interchange Among Non-Idealized Surfaces," SAE Technical Paper 932259, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/932259. Download Citation
Author(s):
C. F. Costello, F. A. Costello, Virginia Herndon, Joseph Skladany
Affiliated:
Frederick A. Costello, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Pages: 9
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1993 Transactions: Journal of Aerospace-V102-1
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