//Exa 7.3 clc; clear; close; //given data epsilon=0.5; T1=1200;// in K T2=300;// in K //(a) Heat transfer rate between the two plates is // Formula Fg12=1/((1/epsilon1+(1/epsilon2-1)*A1/A2)) epsilon1=epsilon; epsilon2=epsilon; A1byA2=1; Fg12=1/(1/epsilon1+(1/epsilon2-1)*A1byA2); // Formula q12= sigma*A*Fg12*(T1^4-T2^4) sigma=5.67*10^-8; q12byA=sigma*Fg12*(T1^4-T2^4);// in W/m^2 disp(q12byA,"Heat transfer rate between the two plates in W/m^2") //(b) epsilon3=.05; Fg13=1/(1/epsilon1+(1/epsilon3-1)*A1byA2); Fg32=1/(1/epsilon3+(1/epsilon2-1)*A1byA2); // q13=q32 // sigma*A*Fg13*(T1^4-T3^4) = sigma*A*Fg32*(T3^4-T2^4) T3= ((T1^4+T2^4)/2)^(1/4); T3=floor(T3); q13byA=sigma*Fg13*(T1^4-T3^4);// in W/m^2 disp(q13byA,"Heat transfer rate if a radiation shield with an emissivity of 0.05 on both sides is placed between the two plates in W/m^2")