A closed, hollow, opaque, non-reflective container consists of the following parts:
1)
Part
- A disk of radius
, parallel to the
plane with its center at
2)
Part
- A disk of radius
, parallel to the
plane with its center at
3)
Part
- A finite right circular cylinder capped by the two disks
There is an isotropic light source positioned at . What fraction of the total emitted power is incident on the half of Part which has negative coordinates?
Note: The desired answer is a number between and
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The general equation for calculating the power incident on the surface is (assuming an isotropic radiator):
P = ∫ ∫ S 4 π ∣ D ∣ 2 P t o t a l ( n ^ ⋅ D ^ ) d S P t o t a l = Total radiator power D = Vector from radiator to point on surface d S = Infinitesimal scalar surface area element D ^ = Unit vector in the direction of D n ^ = Unit outward surface normal vector
For the bottom disk (let the radiator position be Q ):
0 ≤ r ≤ 1 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π x = r c o s θ y = r s i n θ z = 0 D = ( x − Q x , y − Q y , z − Q z ) n ^ = ( 0 , 0 , − 1 ) d S = r d r d θ
For the top disk:
0 ≤ r ≤ 1 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π x = r c o s θ y = r s i n θ z = 1 D = ( x − Q x , y − Q y , z − Q z ) n ^ = ( 0 , 0 , + 1 ) d S = r d r d θ
For the cylinder:
0 ≤ z ≤ 1 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π x = c o s θ y = s i n θ z = z D = ( x − Q x , y − Q y , z − Q z ) n ^ = ( x , y , 0 ) d S = d θ d z
Suppose the total radiated power is 1 . The results (evaluated numerically) are:
P B = Bottom disk power ≈ 0 . 1 5 3 2 5 6 P T = Top disk power ≈ 0 . 3 1 5 7 0 8 P L = Cylinder power for negative x part ≈ 0 . 1 0 9 6 0 8 P R = Cylinder power for positive x part ≈ 0 . 4 2 1 5 5 7