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TA:JenConcepcion
Group3&4
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)

EAT = ES1 + ES2


TotalofEatA=EofSource1andEofSource2


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

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