Radiative Heat Transfer by the Monte Carlo Method (Advances in Heat Transfer)
Contributors: Hiroshi Taniguchi (Editor); Wen-Jei Yang (Editor); Kazuhiko Kudo (Editor)
Edition: Har/Dsk edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: October 19, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780120200276
Subjects: Engineering thermodynamics; Engines & power transmission; Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Heat Transfer; Technology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Engineering - Mechanical; Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics; Technology / Engineering / Civil
First sentence: What is radiation? A simple answer is that radiation possesses dual charecteristics of both electromagnetic waves and photons, the latter being particles having the smalles unit of energy, called quanta.