Radiative transfer and flux theory

DOI10.1177/1081286514545916zbMATH Open1327.78012arXiv1209.0647OpenAlexW2963250848MaRDI QIDQ2950698FDOQ2950698

Authors: J. D. Goddard, Reuven Segev 

Publication date: 9 October 2015

Published in: Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The fundamental notions of radiative transfer, e.g., Lambert's cosine rule, are studied from the point of view of flux and stress theory of continuum mechanics. For the classical case, where the radiance is distributed regularly over the unit sphere, it is shown that Lambert's rule follows from a balance law for the transfer of radiative power in each direction $orb$ of the sphere, together with the appropriate Cauchy postulates and the additional assumption that the corresponding flux vector field $adve{c}_{orb}$ be parallel to $orb$. An analogous theory is presented for the irregular case where the distribution of radiance on the sphere is given as a Borel measure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.0647

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zbMATH Keywords

fluxstressradiative transferCauchyradiationsingular distributionradiometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids (74A99)

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