LIGHTING CALCULATIONS 8-39

Referring to Fig. 8-9, E

n
is the
illumination at point
p
on a plane
normal to the ray from the light
source ; E
h
is the illumination at
point
p
on a horizontal surface;
E
v
is the illumination at point
p
on a vertical surface; h is the
vertical mounting height of the
light source above the point
p;
I is the horizontal distance from
the light source to the point
p;
d is the actual distance from the
light source to the point
p;
I
p
is
the candlepower of the light
source in the direction of the
point
p
(from the distribution
curve).
6h
is the angle of inci-
dence for horizontal illumination,
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V
is the angle of incidence for
vertical illumination
^
*$$P
[* HORIZONTAL DISTANCE^
FROM POINT, I
FIG. 8-9. Diagram for point-by-point calcu-
-rjn-i , 7 lations showing candlepower distribution curve
and other variables.
and / are known, the angle of in-
'
cidence may be obtained from the nomogram, Appendix Fig. A-2.
The equations may be expressed in terms of either h or a
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:
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E =
COS
h
=
-75
h
2
d
2
I
3 /
Eh
=
-r-; cos dh
=
-rr
a
cos 9
h
h
1
d
2
d
=
h
Cosd
h
Cos 6
V
= sin dh
E
v
=
cos" d
h
sin 6
h
h
2
I
3,
/

sm 6
h
=
cos
V
d
z
a
2
To determine the cumulative horizontal illumination at point
p
from
several contributing luminaires, it is desirable to proceed along a definite
pattern.
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Table 8-14 is a convenient form for point-by-point calculations;
the candlepower values shown are initial values from Fig. 8-9. Although
the illustrations used are for horizontal planes, the same procedure may be
used for calculating illumination on a vertical plane by using values of
d, h, and obtained by rotating the candlepower distribution curve in
Fig. 8-9, 90 degrees in a clockwise direction.
It is more convenient to obtain the illumination from tables. In table
8-15, footcandles on a horizontal plane have been calculated from the
formula
E
h
d
2
CSdh
Conversion charts can also be employed,
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