Other Methods
In the radiosity method and circuit analogy, several assumptions were made to simplify the model. The most significant is that the surface is a diffuse emitter. In such a case, the radiosity does not depend on the angle of incidence of reflecting radiation and this information is lost on a diffuse surface. In reality, however, the radiosity will have a specular component from the reflected radiation . So, the heat transfer between two surfaces relies on both the view factor and the angle of reflected radiation.
It was also assumed that the surface is a gray body and that its emissivity is independent of radiation wavelength. However, if the range of wavelengths of incident and emitted radiation is large, this will not be the case. In such an application, the radiosity must be calculated mono chromatically and then integrated over the range of radiation wavelengths.
Yet another assumption is that the surfaces are isothermal. If they are not, then the radiosity will vary as a function of position along the surface. However, this problem is solved by simply subdividing the surface into smaller elements until the desired accuracy is obtained.
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