This document contains information about calculating beam lumens in floodlights, spotlights, and searchlights. It includes a table for calculating beam lumens based on maximum intensity, beam spread angle, and zonal lumens. It describes how to calculate lumens in narrow searchlight beams by summing lumens in rectangular solid angles within the beam. The document also provides formulas for calculating the illumination on a circular area in a searchlight beam and the useful range of searchlights based on necessary illumination, actual illumination at 1 mile, atmospheric transmittance, and reflectance of the object.
This document contains information about calculating beam lumens in floodlights, spotlights, and searchlights. It includes a table for calculating beam lumens based on maximum intensity, beam spread angle, and zonal lumens. It describes how to calculate lumens in narrow searchlight beams by summing lumens in rectangular solid angles within the beam. The document also provides formulas for calculating the illumination on a circular area in a searchlight beam and the useful range of searchlights based on necessary illumination, actual illumination at 1 mile, atmospheric transmittance, and reflectance of the object.
This document contains information about calculating beam lumens in floodlights, spotlights, and searchlights. It includes a table for calculating beam lumens based on maximum intensity, beam spread angle, and zonal lumens. It describes how to calculate lumens in narrow searchlight beams by summing lumens in rectangular solid angles within the beam. The document also provides formulas for calculating the illumination on a circular area in a searchlight beam and the useful range of searchlights based on necessary illumination, actual illumination at 1 mile, atmospheric transmittance, and reflectance of the object.
Table 8-9. Form for Use in Calculating Beam Lumens in Floodlights,
Spotlights,* and Searchlights.* Maximum intensity candlepower Angle at 10-per-cent maximum intensity degrees Beam spread = 2 X (angle at 10-per-cent 7 max) = degrees ZONES* 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. / IN 70NFt ZONAL Fz (ZONAL lav UN ^uiMiiT CONSTANT^ LUMENS) X X X X X X X X X X Note. Lumens in the beam (Fb) equal the sum of the zonal lumens in the zones between degree and angle at 0.1 /max- Fb = 2S" 1 JmaxF, = * If the beam is very narrow (as in searchlights) this computation is made by summing up the lumens in a group of rectangular solid angles enclosed by the beam . Average candlepower measurements at the center of rectangular areas subtending not less than one tenth the beam spread in horizontal and vertical directions are used. The total number of solid angles used is 100, for which the constants are found in Appendix Ta- ble 000. t From distribution curve or measurements. t Zone width should not exceed one tenth the beam spread for best results. From Appendix Table 31, page A-47. Searchlighting Calculations Lumens in searchlight beams may be estimated in the manner just de- scribed for floodlights. The illumination on a circular area in a searchlight beam may be deter- mined by dividing the area by the lumens in the zones subtended by the area, and multiplying by the atmospheric transmittance. The useful range of searchlights can be calculated with the aid of the following formulas: ,2 It E a
Eb ?> or E a
Eb rK R 2 where E a necessary illumination at observer's position for viewing object Eb = actual illumination at 1 mile t = atmospheric transmittance (0.6 per mile for aver- age clear weather) d\ = max distance, searchlight to visible object 0I2
max distance object visible to observer K = reflectance of object R = useful range of searchlight beam