MOMENT AND DISCRETE ORDINATE METHODS IN RADIATIVE TRANSFER PROBLEMS,

Abstract

A recently introduced modification of the standard moments method, applicable to radiative transfer problems in planar, radiating, non-scattering media without polarization effects, is examined for the general N-th order approximation. The modification is essentially a canonical transformation of the standard moment equations. It is shown that the transformed system is not only equivalent, but essentially identical, to the discrete ordinates method. The transformation is useful in that it provides more insight into the relationship between the moments method and the discrete ordinates method. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0667225

Entities

People

  • R. T. Liner Jr

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Polarization
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Standards

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Linear Algebra