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Radiation Shielding of a Spherical Body
Description

This simulation shows how a radiation shield affects radiative heat transfer to a ball. The ball in the center is the object that is shielded; you can remove the shield by unchecking the “shield control” checkbox. The enclosure around the shield and ball is assumed to be a black body at a temperature of 600 K. The radiation shield diameter is 0.2 m larger than the ball diameter, and the shield is assumed thin enough that conductive heat transfer can be ignored. Three views are possible: a 3-D physical representation, a radiation network, and a plot of the radiative heat transfer from the enclosure to the ball as a function of the emissivity of the shield.

This simulation runs on desktop using the free Wolfram Player. Download the Wolfram Player here.
About
This simulation was made at the University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.  Author(s): Mathew L. Williams

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