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<p>The objective of this thesis is to develop an interactive computer program that will analyze and synthesize radiative heat transfer in longitudinal fins. The analysis procedure determines the amount of heat transferred from the fin given the fin base temperature, fin dimensions and thermal properties. The synthesis procedure is the converse problems: it determines the size of the fin required to dissipate a specified amount of heat given the thermal characteristics of the fin. In addition, the program is capable of performing the analysissynthesis of three fin profiles (rectangular, trapezoidal and triangular) in two environments (free space and non-free space). Free space is considered as the absence of external heat sources or interception of the heat dissipated by the fin whereas non-free space includes the effect of external heat sources and neighboring structures. A theoretical analysis of heat transfer from radiating longitudinal fins will be presented along with a user oriented computer program. Finally, detailed examples will be provided to illustrate the different types of problems, profiles and environments.
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<br>Subjects: Radiative transfer; Heat; Radiation and absorption; Computer programming; Radiators.; Radiative heat transfer; longitudinal fins; free space and non-free space</div>
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Johnson, Dennis R.</div>
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