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9/15/2016
Lecture7:LightingCalculationPointtoPointMethod
Continuationfromlastlecture:
LightUniformityandSpacingCriterion:
SC=spacingcriterion,givenfromcandlepowerdistributioncurve
S=maximumspacingbetweenfixturestoguaranteelightuniformity
MH=mountainheight:frombottomoffixturetotheworksurface
S=SC*MH
Pointtopoint(PTP)Method
L=largestdimensionofopeningofluminaireorlamp
Lookingonlyatthedirectcontributionfrompointsourcetostationpoint,onlydistancebetween
twopointsmatters.
KeyconditiontousePTPMethod:D>=5L
LimitationofPTPMethod:itdoesnotaccountfortheentireroom,onlyforasmallpartofit
Ia
EA = D2 cos
I =intensityoflightatagivenangle.Canbereadfromcandlepowerdistributioncurve
byfollowingtheradialcurvelines
D=distancebetweenlightsourceandstationpoint
=anglebetweenlightbeamandthelinenormaltoworkingsurface
=anglebetweenlightbeamandnadiroflamp
EA =illuminanceatstationpoint
Stepstoapplypointtopointmethod:
1. UsegeometrytodeterminevaluesforD, ,and
2. Read I valuefromthecandlepowerdistributioncurve
3. UseequationtosolveforEA
PTPMethodisbasedontwonaturallawsofphysics:
1. InverseSquareLaw
2. CosineLaw
CosineLaw:
Themaxamountoflightyoucangetatstation
point( E1 )iswhenthelightisperpendicularto
theworksurface.
E2 =cos( )* E1
InverseSquareLaw:
E D2
Alonganygivenrayoflight: E12 = D2 2
1
AbneysLaw:
Lightlevelsareadditive
Ia
ES1 = D(1) 2 cos(1)
Ia
ES2 = D(2) 2 cos(2)
1)WhatistheprimarylimitationofthePTPmethod?
A:Itdoesnottakeintoaccountthewholeroom,onlyaspecificsmallerportion
2)WhatdoesAbneysLawstate?
a) Lightlevelsdifferdependingonthetypeofluminaire
b) Lightlevelsareadditive(correctanswer)
c) Lightlevelsdifferdependingonroomgeometry
a) Lightlevelsaresubtractive
3)Pointtopointmethodisbasedonwhichtwonaturallawsofphysics?
A:Inversesquarelaw,CosineLaw
4)IntheCosineLaw,themaxamountoflightyoucanachieveonastationpointiswhenthe
lightis____________tothesurface.
Perpendicular
5)WhatisInverseSquareLaw
E D2
a) Alonganygivenrayoflight: E12 = D2 2 (correctanswer)
1
E D2
b) Alonganygivenrayoflight: E12 = D1 2
2
E D2
c) Alonganygivenrayoflight: E12 = D
1
E D
d) Alonganygivenrayoflight: E12 = D1
2
6)Isthenadirofalampalwaysatthedirectionofgravity?
A:No.
7)WhatisthekeyconditionwhenapplyPTPmethod?(Hint:theratioofdistancetothatof
lightingfixture)
D>/=5L
8)WhatisCosineLaw?
E2 =cos( )* E1
9)(T/F)Wecanfindtheangle ,graphically,byusingthenadirandthelineconnecting
stationpointtopointsource(lineD)onaradiallymeasuredgraph.
True
10)Whichoftheseformulasiscorrect,accordingtotheunitsofmeasurement.
I
A) EA = Da2 cos (cd/m^2)
B) EA = DIa2 cos (cd/ft^2)
C) NietherAorB
D) BothAandB(correctanswer)
11)AccordingtoInversesquareLaw,lightlevelscanbeaddedup.
False
12)TheangleinCosinelawreferstotheanglebetweenthelightrayandthenormalofthe
worksurface.
True