ABSTRACT
Thermal radiative models for utilization as tools in simulation based engineering of systems are not well established at present. Many issues remain unresolved, in particular the formulation and accuracy of different models, the relative merit of these methods vis-a-vis their respective computational resource requirements, and the development of models to capitalize on the computational power of teraflopclass parallel computers currently available or anticipated. Steps to further the development of accurate and viable models for simulation include computational studies of various methods with emphasis on irregular geometries and non-uniform properties, experimental validation of models to identify their respective accuracies, and the consideration of mathematical techniques such as parallelization to reduce computational time and resource requirements.
