// Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clear; clc; disp("Introduction to heat transfer by S.K.Som, Chapter 11, Example 5") //Consider a cylinder having length,L=2r determine the view factor of cylindrical surface with respect to the base. //From the graph of radiation shape factor b/w parallel coaxial disks of equal diameter F12=0.16 F12=0.16;//View factor //By the summation rule of an enclosure F11+F12+F13=1 //But F11=0(since the base surface is flat) F11=0;//View factor disp ("The view factors of cylindrical surface with respect to the base are") F13=1-F12-F11//view factor //By making use of reciprocity theorem we have F31=(A1/A2)*F13 //A1 and A2 are emitting surface areas //A1/A2=(pi*r^2)/(2*pi*r*2*r)=1/4 //Let A1/A2=A A=1/4; F31=(A)*F13