Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2016/3/19 2:11:10

I'm not a physicist either, but I am a "rocket scientist". Here's the wikipedia description of "black body radiation", which explains the phenomenon from a physics point of view:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body_radiation

This article is kind of "techie", but the color one paints something does affect the thermal absorption/radiation. A vehicle is a geometrically complex object so the thermal emissivity of said vehicle would be hard to calculate. As to what actual effect it would have on the performance of said vehicle is probably minimal compared to thermal effects of the radiator, etc.

Craig