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The overall domain has been split in small domains, this is what I mean when I say domain, this is how I
did it:

______ ______
| | | |
| 1 | | 7 |
|______|_____________|______|
| | | |
| 2 | 8 | 6 |
| | | |
|______|_____________|______|
|__3___|_____4_______|__5___|

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 are the domains

Mesh function is made so that different domains can be created so that the geometry of the problem
can be realized. INPUTS:

- Length: length of the domain


- Height: height of the domain
- x_st and y_st: x and y coordinates of the origin of the domain
- step_x and step_y: mesh stepping in the x and y direction
- Surface: 1x4 vector containing either one or zero depending on which side the surface in contact
with the air is [bottom, right side, top, left side] -> if the domain is in contact with the air only on
the top I will have [0 0 1 0]
- n_nod_start: global node number at which the domain starts

OUTPUT:

- mesh_g: matrix with 4 columns containing all the x and y coordinates of all the nodes in a single
domain, information on if a node is on the surface or not (0 no, 1 yes) and the node global
number
- n_el: 1x2 vector containing the number of elements in the x and y directions of the domain
- n_nod_end: global node number of the last node in the domain

this function is repeated 8 times creating a structure which has the different meshes of different
domains. Using this technique allows for simpler calculations later on and also allows for personalization
of the mesh density in different areas of the domain
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In my program the difference between the two cases is the simple addition of a function called
rad_heat_transfer. After having calculated the convective heat transfer for the surfaces, the program
will send input information to rad_heat_transfer which will basically add to the global matrix and vector
the values of the radiative integrals. Thanks to the linearity of the problem this simple addition will be
enough to consider the radiative heat transfer.

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