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Temperature difference - I-nodes model of an Earth spacecraft

Description

Temperature difference – I-nodes model of an Earth spacecraft

Related formulas

Variables

Tinode temperature(Kelvin) (dimensionless)
keffective thermal conductivity(W*m^-1*K^-1) (dimensionless)
Δttime difference (dimensionless)
mmass(kg) (dimensionless)
cthspecific thermal capacity(J/(kg*K)) (dimensionless)
αALAbsorption coefficient (dimensionless)
EoSolar constant (dimensionless)
AiArea of node(m^2) (dimensionless)
iImaginary unit
nindex (dimensionless)
kALThermal conductivity (dimensionless)
ddiameter (dimensionless)
ΔTiindex (dimensionless)
Tkindex (dimensionless)
ΔTkindex (dimensionless)
ϵradiation via albedo(W) (dimensionless)
σStefan-Boltzmann constant(5.670373e-8 W*m^-2*K^-4) (dimensionless)
lradiation from Earth(W) (dimensionless)
ϵiemission coefficient (dimensionless)
TInitial temperature of nodes(Kelvin) (dimensionless)