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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