JOHN R. HOWELL
Ernest Cockrell, Jr., Memorial Chair Emeritus
DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78712-1063
PREFACE
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The
first edition of this catalog appeared in 1982. It was printed in a low-cost
format. It used camera-ready copy prepared by the author and was printed on
low-quality paper in a soft cover with a glued binding. These measures kept
the cost of the Catalog low. A major market for the Catalog was as a
supplement to undergraduate and graduate heat transfer courses and graduate
radiation heat transfer courses. The low price was necessary for such a
market. The Third Edition is in web format so that it can again be adopted as
a text supplement as well as a reference for engineers and researchers
involved in radiative transfer. The wide use of programmable calculators and laptops makes it feasible to compute most configuration factors from algebraic relations or by numerical integration. Therefore, the number of factors presented in graphical form is reduced in this edition. Algebraic relations are presented where possible. Since original publication, the following
modifications have been made in the catalog: Errors Corrected: Factors A-9,
B-17, B-13, B-29, B-34, B-34a, B-46, B-56, B-58, B-59, B-60, B-63, B-79, B-9,
B-94, B-106, C-5, C-13, C-53, C-91, C-94, C-115, C-115a, C-117, C-121,
C-137, C-138, C-160, C-161
C-12a,
C-13a-c,
C-15a,
C-18a, C-43a,b, C-47a,
C-53a,
C-78a,b, C-111a,
C-112a,
C-122a, C-140a-f, C-155a, C-162
Finally, the author thanks the colleagues who have reported errors. These have been corrected in the present edition. It will be appreciated if further errors found in the present edition are sent to the author at the e-mail address below. |
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University of Texas at Austin