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Blackbody Radiation: A History of Thermal Radiation Computational Aids and Numerical Methods de Sean M. Stewart

Blackbody Radiation: A History of Thermal Radiation Computational Aids and Numerical Methods: Optical Sciences and Applications of Light

Autor Sean M. Stewart, R. Barry Johnson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 aug 2016
Shelving Guide: Electrical Engineering
In 1900 the great German theoretical physicist Max Planck formulated a correct mathematical description of blackbody radiation. Today, understanding the behavior of a blackbody is of importance to many fields including thermal and infrared systems engineering, pyrometry, astronomy, meteorology, and illumination. This book gives an account of the development of Planck’s equation together with many of the other functions closely related to it. Particular attention is paid to the computational aspects employed in the evaluation of these functions together with the various aids developed to facilitate such calculations.
The book is divided into three sections.
  • Section I – Thermal radiation and the blackbody problem are introduced and discussed. Early developments made by experimentalists and theoreticians are examined as they strove to understand the problem of the blackbody.
  • Section II – The development of Planck’s equation is explained as are the all-important fractional functions of the first and second kinds which result when Planck’s equation is integrated between finite limits. A number of theoretical developments are discussed that stem directly from Planck’s law, as are the various computational matters that arise when numerical evaluation is required. Basic elements of radiometry that tie together and use many of the theoretical and computational ideas developed is also presented.
  • Section III – A comprehensive account of the various computational aids such as tables, nomograms, graphs, and radiation slide rules devised and used by generations of scientists and engineers when working with blackbody radiation are presented as are more recent aids utilizing computers and digital devices for real-time computations.
Scientists and engineers working in fields utilizing blackbody sources will find this book to be a valuable guide in understanding many of the computational aspects and nuances associated with Planck’s equation and its other closely related functions. With over 700 references, it provides an excellent research resource.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781482263121
ISBN-10: 1482263122
Pagini: 414
Ilustrații: 78
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Seria Optical Sciences and Applications of Light

Notă biografică

Seán M. Stewart recently joined Nazarbayev University in Astana where he is an associate professor of engineering mathematics. Before moving to Kazakhstan, he spent eleven years working at The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where he was an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics. His main research interests lie in the fields of applied mathematics and in the history of computation.
R. Barry Johnson has been involved for over 40 years in infrared technology, lens design, optical systems design, and electro-optical systems engineering, and has used many of the devices and techniques described in this book, and knew many of the individuals mentioned therein. He developed the method of integrating Planck’s equation using the method of Gauss–Laguerre quadrature. Dr Johnson is a Senior Research Professor at Alabama A&M University and has been a faculty member at two other academic institutions engaged in optics education and research, employed by a number of companies, and has provided consulting services within the field. Dr. Johnson is an SPIE Fellow and Life Member, OSA Fellow, and is an SPIE past president (1987). He has been awarded many patents and has published numerous scientific and technical articles. Dr. Johnson was awarded the 2012 OSA/SPIE Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award for Lens Design Fundamentals, Second Edition. He is a perennial co-chair of the annual SPIE Conference Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering.

Recenzii

"This is an excellent history of the mathematical development behind radiation calculators and other computational aids told in terms of detailed mathematical analysis and historical narrative. It is well-written, comprehensive, and includes the most extensive treatment of the radiation slide rule I have seen anywhere."
— Barbara G. Grant, Author of Field Guide to Radiometry, Getting Started with UAV Imaging Systems: A Radiometric Guide and co-author of The Art of Radiometry, Cupertino, California, USA
"The historical and mathematical details presented cannot be found in other books. It is a historic document, an impressive milestone. This book is not only very valuable for someone who wishes to understand the behavior of a blackbody, I recommend it also to those who are familiar with the subject, but want to know it all."
—Max J. Riedl, Author and Lecturer, Germany
"Blackbody radiation is covered in a wide and comprehensive sense, covering historical context, mathematical details, computational means and applications. This is easily the most comprehensive and well-researched compilation on blackbody radiation ever written. The book broadly follows a historical timeline, showing how the best available technology available at the time was used to compute results from Planck’s law. The book captures the ingenious beauty of mathematics, the nomogram and the slide rule to compute one of the most important physics laws in engineering."
—CJ (Nelis) Willers, Airbus Optronics South Africa

Descriere

Blackbody radiation—the radiation emitted from an object due to its temperature alone—continues to find a dizzying array of applications in our modern world. From the humble infrared remote control to state-of-the-art guided missile systems, blackbody radiation remains a subject under constant technological development. This book discusses modern day radiometry calculations involved in blackbody radiation without the use of digital technology. It includes numerical computational methods that can be used in the design of current and future radiometric systems.

Cuprins

SECTION I: THE BLACKBODY PROBLEM


Chapter 1. Thermal radiation and the blackbody problem


1.1 Towards a solution to the blackbody problem


1.2 Planck and the blackbody problem


1.3 The work of the experimentalists


1.4 Thermal laws from dimensional analysis


1.5 Transition and new beginnings




SECTION II: THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL MATTERS


Chapter 2. Theoretical developments


2.1 Spectral representations


2.2 Two important special functions


2.2.1 Polylogarithms


2.2.2 The Lambert W function


2.3 Two common spectral scales used to represent blackbody radiation


2.4 Other spectral scale representations


2.5 Ephemeral spectral peaks


2.6 Logarithmic spectral scales


2.7 The radiometric and actinometric cases


2.8 Normalized spectral exitance


2.9 The Stefan–Boltzmann law


2.9.1 The traditional approach


2.9.2 A polylogarithmic approach


2.10 Fractional functions of the first kind


2.11 Fractional functions of other kinds


2.12 Centroid and median wavelengths


2.13 The standard probability distribution and cumulative probability distribution functions for blackbody radiation


2.14 Infrared, visible, and ultraviolet components in the spectral distribution of blackbody radiation




Chapter 3. Computational and numerical developments


3.1 Approximations to the spectral exitance


3.1.1 The laws of Wien and Rayleigh–Jeans


3.1.2 Extended Wien and Rayleigh–Jeans approximations


3.1.3 Polynomial interpolation and logarithmic correction factors


3.1.4 Laurent polynomials and non-rational approximations of Erminy


3.2 Computation of the fractional function of the first kind


3.2.1 Series expansion methods


3.2.1.1 Large arguments


3.2.1.2 Small arguments


3.2.1.3 Division point