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Solar radiation modeling for transparent surfaces

Posted 12 giu 2020, 10:29 GMT-4 Version 5.5 1 Reply

Shahrzad S
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I'm trying to model solar radiation exposure and heat transfer in a window system. I have tried surface to surface radiation, but not sure if this is the correct approach consdering the transparency of glass. What other physics could I apply in this case to model solar transmission and heat transfer in a transparent window?

1 Reply Last Post 18 giu 2020, 11:23 GMT-4
Alexis Prel
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Posted: 4 years ago 18 giu 2020, 11:23 GMT-4

Hi Shahrzad,

Do you really need to model what is happening inside the window, or you only care about the fraction of light that comes through?

See this answer as to why the first option is so much harder than the second one.

Hi Shahrzad, Do you really need to model what is happening **inside** the window, or you only care about the fraction of light that comes through? See [this answer](https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/267799) as to why the first option is so much harder than the second one.

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