MICROCOMPUTER AIDED ROADWAY LIGHTING DESIGN. SESSION 4

With the standardization of computational methods and procedures and the ever-increasing availability of the microcomputer, it is now possible to eliminate compromises and shortcut procedures previously used in designing and evaluating roadway lighting systems; thus it is practical for engineers involved in roadway lighting design and evaluation to base their recommendations on luminance considerations, rather than illuminance. LUMSIM is a relatively simple microcomputer-based model which combines lamp/luminaire candela arrays with pavement directional reflectance factor data to calculate illuminance, luminance, and veiling luminance. It is anticipated that this design and evaluation model will be of use to the practicing engineer in providing a better night driving environment through improved roadway lighting. (Author)

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • This paper was presented during the Institute of Transportation Engineers 54th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 23-27, 1984.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

    Washington, DC  United States 
  • Authors:
    • King, L Ellis
    • Graham, J R
  • Conference:
  • Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 17-21

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00390583
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM