Iterative Abel Inversion of Optically Thick, Cylindrically Symmetric Radiation Sources.

Abstract

An inversion algorithm for obtaining the radial emission and absorption coefficients of a cylindrically symmetric radiation source from transverse profiles of monochromatic radiance and absorptance is described and compared with the algorithm of Elder et al. It is shown that the present method converges to the correct solution, whereas the Elder et al. method does not. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106239

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Young

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Corporations
  • Equations
  • Integral Equations
  • Inversion
  • Iterations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radiance
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Spectroscopy.