//Exa 7.12 clc; clear; close; //given data T1=500;// in K T2=300;// in K sigma=5.67*10^-8; A=2;// surface area of each plate in m^2 //(a) If the plates are perfectly black F12=1; q12=sigma*A*F12*(T1^4-T2^4); disp(q12,"Radiation heat transfer between two black parellel plates in watt"); //(b) If the plates are gray surface //in this case F12=1; //A1=A2, so A1byA2=1 epsilon1=.4; epsilon2=epsilon1; //Fg12=1/(1/epsilon1+(1/epsilon2-1)*A1byA2); Fg12=1/((1-epsilon1)/epsilon1 + 1/F12 + [(1-epsilon2)/epsilon2]*A1byA2); q12=sigma*A*Fg12*(T1^4-T2^4);// in W disp(q12,"Heat transfer rate in watt")