Well, if you want to know about radiation, you simply must read my book "Radiative Heat Transfer." Click here to look at the Table of Contents.

 

You may also want to look at a little description of some of the experimental work we do on surface properties, using an Infrared Emissometer, an Infrared Transmissometer, and an Integrating Sphere Reflectometer.

Present Research Projects:

    “LES modeling of spectral multiphase radiation and turbulence/chemistry/radiation interactions in reacting turbulent flow,” NASA

    • LES/FDF modeling of turbulent reacting flows
    • High fidelity soot models, including radiation
    • Fuel spray models, including radiation
    • High-fidelity full-spectrum k-distribution spectral models for combustion gases, soot and sprays
    • High-order spherical harmonics RTE solutions
    • Particle-based, line-by-line accurate photon Monte Carlo (for FDF simulations)
    • High-order photon Monte Carlo (for DNS simulations)
    • Assessment of TCI and TRI, including emission and absorption TRI

   “Coupled Nonequilibrium Flow, Energy and Radiation Transport for Hypersonic Planetary Entry,” NASA

    • Radiative property database for nonequilibrium radiation in air plasmas
    • Line-by-line spectral module for photon Monte Carlo in air plasmas
    • Loosely coupled DSMC– photon Monte Carlo simulations for reentry
    • Tightly-coupled CFD–Tangent Slab (LBL accurate) solvers (for DPLR and LAURA codes)
    • Tightly-coupled CFD– photon Monte Carlo solvers (for DPLR and LAURA codes)
    • Full-spectrum k-distributions for nonequilibrium air plasma radiation

   “Basic Interactions Between Turbulence and Radiation in Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers,'' NASA CUIP

o      Identification of high-turbulence regions on reentry vehicles

o      Establishment of overall radiation field (including bow shock and boundary layer)

o      LES on turbulent boundary layer with internal emission, plus irradiation from bow shock

o      Assessment of possible importance of TRI

 

Download of Full-Spectrum k-Distribution Models and Databases (requires password obtained from Michael Modest)

 (single-group, single-scale k-distribution for CO2)

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