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Building physics: lighting : seeing in the artificial environment /
Building Physics: Lighting, Seeing in the Artificial Environment deals with basic principles of lighting as used in architecture, in building maintenance, and in an artificial environment. The book starts with the process of how humans see; the interaction of the eye and mind; and the effects of fat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1969]
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| Edición: | First edition]. |
| Colección: | Commonwealth and international library. Physics division.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Building Physics:Lighting; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PREFACE TO SECOND PRINTING; CHAPTER 1. THE EYE AND HOW WE SEE; EYE AND MIND; VISUAL MECHANISM; COLOUR; VISUAL ACUITY; LUMINANCE AND LUMINOSITY; VISUAL PERFORMANCE; INVESTIGATIONS ON SITE
- GLARE; FATIGUE, VISUAL DEFECTS, AGE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. LIGHT: ITS BEHAVIOUR AND HOW IT IS MEASURED; WAVE AND QUANTUM PROPAGATION; LIGHT FLUX RELATED TO RADIANT ENERGY; FLUX, INTENSITY AND ILLUMINATION; PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE; CALCULATION OF ILLUMINANCE; COLOUR; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. LIGHT SOURCES.
- Daylight-natural and artificialincandescent filament lamps; tungsten halogen lamps; gas discharge lamps; discharge lamp control gear; luminescence; high-pressure mercury discharge lamps; xenon discharge lamps; tubular fluorescent lamps: hot cathode; tubular fluorescent lamp control gear; cold cathode discharge lamps; sodium discharge lamps; carbon arc lamps; references; chapter 4. lighting fittings; light control by reflection; diffusing reflectors; specular reflectors; light control by refraction; louvres; mechanical aspects of design; thermal design; noise; electrical safety; specifications.
- Flammable situationscorrosive situations; maintenance; lighting for the home; emergency lighting; references; chapter 7. interior lighting (3); natural lighting and building design; units and definitions; calculation of daylight; measurement of daylight; daylight requirements; relation between daylight factor and illuminance; vector and scalar illumination; permanent supplementary artificial lighting of interiors; references; chapter 8. exterior lighting; natural light and building design; area lighting; calculation of illuminance; some special problems; decorative floodlighting.
- Street lightingtraffic routes; side and residential roads; open spaces; tunnels and underpasses; handrail lighting; references; appendix photometric units; further reading; conversion factors; index.