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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Manuals/FDS_Technical_Reference_Guide/Appendices.tex
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Expand Up @@ -424,11 +424,11 @@ \chapter{Gas Phase Absorption Coefficients}

By default in FDS, the pathlength, $L$, is 10~cm. It can also be specified by the user. If $T=T_{\rm rad}$ the intensity does not depend on $\kappa_{n,i,{\rm e}}$, and the value $\kappa_{n,i,{\rm e}}(T_{\rm rad})$ is therefore interpolated from the neighboring temperatures.

In cases with only one band ($N$=1), the smaller of the two absorption coefficients is used:
In cases of non-zero path length, the smaller of the two absorption coefficients is used:
\be
\kappa_{n,i}=\min \Big( \kappa_{n,i,{\rm P}}(Y_i,T),\kappa_{n,i,{\rm e}}(Y_i,T,L) \Big)
\ee
If $N>1$ or $L=0$, $\kappa_{n,i}=\kappa_{n,i,{\rm P}}$. Note that the spectral data within RADCAL are used whenever the gas mixture contains water vapor, fuel or combustion products, regardless of the number of radiation bands $N$.
If $L=0$, $\kappa_{n,i}=\kappa_{n,i,{\rm P}}$. Note that the spectral data within RADCAL are used whenever the gas mixture contains water vapor, fuel or combustion products, regardless of the number of radiation bands $N$.

\textbf{Note on wavenumber, wavelength, and frequency}: some confusion might arise when dealing with the various quantities describing the wave nature of radiation. These quantities are wavenumber $\om$, wavelength $\la$, and frequency denoted here $\nu$. Most users may be familiar with the frequency $\nu$, in units of \textit{hertz}, ${\rm Hz}$, representing the number of cycles per second. While this unit is preferred for radiation waves of low energy such as radio waves, wavelength and wavenumber are preferred for waves of higher energy. Wavenumber and wavelength are related to frequency through \cite{Penner:1959}
\be
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions Source/radi.f90
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Expand Up @@ -3291,10 +3291,10 @@ SUBROUTINE INIT_RADIATION
PARTIAL_PRESSURES_ATM(14,1) = 1._EB
END SELECT
CALL SUB_RADCAL(AMEAN,AP0,RADIANCE,TRANSMISSIVITY)
IF (NSB==1 .AND. PATH_LENGTH > 0.0_EB) THEN
RADCAL_SPECIES2KAPPA(NS,J,K,1) = MIN(AMEAN,AP0)
ELSE
RADCAL_SPECIES2KAPPA(NS,J,K,IBND) = AMEAN/BBF
IF (PATH_LENGTH > 0.0_EB) THEN
RADCAL_SPECIES2KAPPA(NS,J,K,1) = MIN(AMEAN,AP0)/BBF
ELSE ! zero path length
RADCAL_SPECIES2KAPPA(NS,J,K,1) = AP0/BBF
ENDIF
END DO RADCAL_SPECIES_LOOP
ENDDO Y_LOOP_Z
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