LIGHTING

CALCULATIONS
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Street Lighting
Computations made in designing a street-lighting installation
involve
both point-by-point and average-flux methods of calculation.
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Basic photometric data. The fundamental photometric data with which
spacing-mounting
height relationships and utilization efficiencies of specific
luminaires can be determined are given in isocandle curves. These data,
together with application information, are available from manufacturers.
Isocandle curves. Figure 8-17
shows an isocandle diagram for a typical
street-lighting luminaire.
The curves represent the loci of points of
intersection of rays of equal candlepower striking a spherical surface around
the luminaire. As the curves of even an asymmetric luminaire are usually
symmetrical on either side of the vertical plane at right angles to the
curb line, only one hemisphere is usually necessary to show the distribution.
FIG. 8-17. Isocandle diagram for typical street lighting luminaire.
Candlepower distribution curves. Most modern street-lighting luminaires
produce an asymmetrical distribution of light directed in two main beams
up and down the roadway. Distribution curves are customarily shown
in the vertical and horizontal planes as in Fig. 8-18.
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FIG. 8-18. Candlepower distribution curves for asymmetrical street-lighting
luminaire.