Temperature difference - I-nodes model of an Earth spacecraft
Description
Temperature difference – I-nodes model of an Earth spacecraft
Related formulas
Variables
Ti | node temperature(Kelvin) (dimensionless) |
k | effective thermal conductivity(W*m^-1*K^-1) (dimensionless) |
Δt | time difference (dimensionless) |
m | mass(kg) (dimensionless) |
cth | specific thermal capacity(J/(kg*K)) (dimensionless) |
αAL | Absorption coefficient (dimensionless) |
Eo | Solar constant (dimensionless) |
Ai | Area of node(m^2) (dimensionless) |
i | Imaginary unit |
n | index (dimensionless) |
kAL | Thermal conductivity (dimensionless) |
d | diameter (dimensionless) |
ΔTi | index (dimensionless) |
Tk | index (dimensionless) |
ΔTk | index (dimensionless) |
ϵ | radiation via albedo(W) (dimensionless) |
σ | Stefan-Boltzmann constant(5.670373e-8 W*m^-2*K^-4) (dimensionless) |
l | radiation from Earth(W) (dimensionless) |
ϵi | emission coefficient (dimensionless) |
T | Initial temperature of nodes(Kelvin) (dimensionless) |