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% Computes the emittance of plates in parallel.
The heat flux through the plates is then sigma T^4/nB.
The rest is reflected.
Type EmittanceParallePlates for a demo.
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Form:
nB = EmittanceParallelPlates( e )
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Inputs
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e (1,:) Plate emittances
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Outputs
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nB (1,1) Number of black plates
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References: Van Vliet, R. M., Passive Temperature Control in the
Space Environment, MacMillan, 1965, pp. 78-86
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