Configuration factors
Configuration factors
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Hi guys, can you help me with a problem:
I have a cubic enclosure, 10cm length, and inside I have a cubic component (length 2cm) in the middle. I need to calculate the configuration factors for all surfaces ( or just one surface of the enclosure to all other surfaces). Each surface has to be taken as separate areas since they will be at different temperatures.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks
I have a cubic enclosure, 10cm length, and inside I have a cubic component (length 2cm) in the middle. I need to calculate the configuration factors for all surfaces ( or just one surface of the enclosure to all other surfaces). Each surface has to be taken as separate areas since they will be at different temperatures.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks





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Many thanks
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what do you mean by configuration factors?
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-one side of the box is subjected to solar intensity of approximately 1360W/m2
-the three other sides are kept at constant temperature of 3K
-the model is in space and therefore, a vacuum
Q: I want to find the equilibrium temperature of the component in the middle.
At the moment i know how to calculate the temperature, but I cannot input the numbers because my view(configuration) factor values are wrong. By view factor i mean the portion of radiation falling onto one surface from another.
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so 1 side being heated through radiation
then the backside radiates as a result but there is also the way this heated panel is connected to the others
(conductivity)
may be as a start:
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You might try: http://sourceforge.net/projects/view3d/ I haven't tried it myself, so no endorsements, one way or another. The geometry is relatively simplistic, and once you calculate the view factor for one surface, it'll be the same for the other 5.
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