Lecture 5

Polar Curves of Candle Power Distribution

Luminous Intensity (candle power) Distribution Curve of 3*18 W Recessed

Mounted Fluorescent Lumina ire with louver Mirror.

Value of I depends on away (direction) not on distance

This Curve is Usually given 𝒄𝒅⁄𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒍𝒎 Then if I am Using a Lumina ire of 1
Lamp of 3000 lm Then I Multiply Every Value by 3 (𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎⁄𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎) and If I am
Using a Lumina ire of 2 Lamps of 3000 lm each then Total Flux is 6000 then I
Multiply Every Value by 6 ( 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎⁄𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎)

Example
3*18 W Recessed Mounted Fluorescent Lumina ire with Louver Mirror With
Vertical Polar Curve is suspended at 3.2 m over a horizontal Working Plane as
shown in figure Calculate the illumination in Lux at points P &Q on the working
Plane
Sol

E=
𝐼
. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝜃 45ْ
ℎ2 3.2
At p 𝜃 = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 45ْ
I = 2800 cd 45ْ
3.2
h = 3.2 m P Q
 2800
𝐸𝑃 = (3.2)2
. COS Zero = 273.4 LX

𝐴𝑇 𝑄 𝜃 = 45𝑂

𝐼 = 1600 𝑐𝑑

h = 3.2 m
1600
𝐸𝑄 = (3.2)2
. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 (45) = 55.24 LX .

𝑹𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒔 & 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆 ∶ 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑳𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 ( 𝑰)

𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂
Mean Spherical Luminous Intensity = = 𝑰𝒂𝒗
𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆

Area  area under curve

Base  diameter of const. circle.

Then I can Replace all the I Values With 1 Constant 1 Constant I average in all
directions Like a sphere
∆𝑸 ∅
- I = , 𝑰𝒂𝒗 =
∆𝑾 𝟒𝝅
- ∅ = 4𝝅 * 𝑰𝒂𝒗
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Example 4

I = 𝟏𝟔𝑶 Cd
𝑰
E= 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑 𝜽
𝒉𝟐

𝑰 𝟎.𝟖 𝑰
𝑬𝑸 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑 𝜽𝟏 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑 𝜽𝟐
(𝟒)𝟐 (𝟔)𝟐

𝟒 𝟔
𝑪𝑶𝑺 𝜽𝟏 = , COS 𝜽𝟐 =
𝟓 √𝟑𝟐 +𝟔𝟐

Image of lamp

0.85 I

1m
0.8 θ2
Mirror

1m
I

θ1
6

4m

3m
Q