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The History of Engineering
Radiation Heat Transfer
John R. Howell
The University of Texas at Austin
USA
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Radiation history begins much
earlier than for other modes
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Experiments and observations with light
Discovery of the IR, UV spectral regions
Quantifying the basic phenomena (energy
vs. T, wavelength, transfer among
surfaces)
Engineering applications of the physics
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Isaac Newton and the
“corpuscular theory”
Sir Isaac Newton
(1642-1727)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Huyghens disagrees with Newton,
proposes light is made of waves
Christiaan Huyghens
(1629-1695)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Lambert shows the variation of
radiation with surface angle
Johann Heinrich Lambert
(1728-1777)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Sir William Herschel (1738-1822)
discovers “invisible light”
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Herschel’s Experiment uncovers
the infrared spectrum
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Nobili and Melloni provide
the accurate tools
Leopoldo Nobili
Macedonio Melloni
(1784-1835)
(1798-1854)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
John William Draper (1811-1882)
just misses the T4 relation (1847)
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New Orleans
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Kirchhoff describes the relations
between surface properties
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Gustav Kirchhoff
(1824-1887)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Stefan and Boltzmann find the
Fourth Power Law
Josef Stefan
1835-1893
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Ludwig Boltzmann
1844-1906
John Ericsson’s Hot Air Engine:
after the Monitor
John Ericsson
1803-1899
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
James Clerk Maxwell solidifies
EM Theory
James Clerk
Maxwell
1831-1879
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Lummer and Pringsheim measure
the Blackbody Spectrum
Otto
Lummer
1860-1925
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Ernst
Pringsheim
1859-1917
Lummer-type photometer
Lord Rayleigh, Sir James Jeans
and Willy Wien try to derive the
blackbody characteristics
Rayleigh
(1842-1919)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Jeans
(1877-1946)
Wien
(1864-1928)
Max Planck ponders the
Blackbody Spectral Distribution
Max Planck
1858-1947
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Comparing classical approaches
with the quantum result
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Hoyt Hottel initiates Engineering
Radiation Heat Transfer
Hoyt C. Hottel
(1903-1998)
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Space-related Thermal Control
drives research on radiation
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Advanced Propulsion Systems:
Solid-Core Nuclear Rockets
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Advanced Propulsion Systems:
Gas-Core Nuclear Rockets
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Continued Development of Solar
Energy Applications
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Manufacturing processes: IRCure-Initiated Filament Winding
Tin
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Applications Driving Present
Research
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Advanced manufacturing methods
semiconductor wafers, chips, circuit boards, lasersurface interactions
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Micro- and nanoscale interactions
Thermal stresses in large-scale structures
(space station)
Radiation in large fires and combustion systems
Radiative transfer effects at higher temperatures
utility furnaces, jet engines
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans
Applications Driving Present
Research (Cont.)
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Improved spectral full-field radiative diagnostic
techniques
Continued improvement of analytical techniques
and experimental and predictive sources for
radiative transfer data
anisotropic scattering
spectral properties
2002 IMECE,
New Orleans