Schreuder Duco. Outdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception

Springer Science, 2008. - 448 p.This book covers theoretical aspects that are at the basis of lighting installations. It focuses on insight, backgrounds and coherence.
There are many fundamental aspects that are essential for understanding why different ways to install and use lighting give different results. A purely pragmatic approach to solving practical lighting problems will lead to pitfalls. But as this book shows, on the basis of fundamental considerations on optics, light sources and vision, causes and effects that tend to be overlooked by lighting engineers and designers can be identified. The selection of subjects in this book is based on more than 50 years of experience in studying the fundamental and practical applications of lighting and vision. The author has given classes on these topics, in master courses at post-graduate and post-doctoral levels.Audience: graduate students, researchers, designers, engineers and consultants engaged in lighting, public lighting, lighting equipment and installations.Introduction: The function of outdoor lighting
Why lighting outdoors?
Lighting engineering
The function of outdoor lighting
Cognitive aspects of vision
Tools and methods
ConclusionsPhysical aspects of light production
The physics of light
General aspects of light production
ncandescence
Gas-discharge lamps
Semiconductor light.
ConclusionsRadiometry and photometry
Radiometry
Basic photometric concepts
ConclusionsThe mathematics of luminance
The field concept
Some aspects of hydrodynamics
The luminance of real and virtual objects
The luminance of reflecting surfaces
ConclusionsPractical Photometry
General aspects of photometry
Traditional subjective photometry
Traditional objective photometry
Modern objective photometry
ConclusionsThe human observer; physical and anatomical aspects of vision
The ability to see
The nervous system
The anatomy of the human visual system
The optical nerve tracts
ConclusionsThe human observer; visual performance aspects
The functions of the human visual system
The sensitivity of the human visual system
sual performance
The primary visual functions
ConclusionsThe human observer; visual perception
Derived visual functions
Blinding glare
Disability glare
Discomfort glare
ConclusionsThe human observer; colour vision
Colour aspects
Colour vision physiology
Colour metrics and colorimetry
The colour characteristics of light sources
ConclusionsRoad lighting applications
Geometric optics
Luminaire design
Light pollution
Reflection properties of road surfaces
ConclusionsRoad lighting design
Design methods for road lighting installations
Road lighting for developing countries
Simplified design methods
ConclusionsSubject Index