# Overview The concentricCylinders case simulates radiative heat transfer between two concentric cylinders. The '-baffle' option in the 'Allrun' script introduces a cylindrical baffle between the cylinders. # Setup + The case geometry includes the following diameters: inner cylinder = 0.2m; outer cylinder = 1.0m; baffle = 0.6m. + The temperatures of the inner and outer cylinders are Tin = 400K and Tout = 800K, respectively. + The emissivity of the cylinders and baffle is 0.5. # Theoretical solution The theoretical solutions for the net rate of radiative heat transfer, qrad, are as follows. + Without baffle: qrad = sigma*(Tout^4 - Tin^4)*pi/11 = 6218W. + With baffle: qrad = sigma*(Tout^4 - Tin^4)*pi/16 = 4275W. # Baffle The 'thermalBaffle1D' boundary condition is used to model the baffle. The thickness of the baffle is set to 2mm to approximate a thin (zero thickness) baffle.