Proposal of lighting requirements for lighting devices in adaptive front lighting system of tram's head lights

• Autorzy: Stypułkowski K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The factor influencing the safety of a moving track vehicle is the quality and state of tram's head lighting. Appropriate light distribution within the area of tram's foreground plays a decisive role in the perception of luminous sensations by the tram driver. A properly shaped light beam conditions appropriate visibility from the tram driver's seat and facilitates correct assessment of traffic situations connected with the behaviour of other road traffic participants. The article proposes and discusses application of AFS system in trams particularly accounting for proposals of new lighting requirements for tram's head lighting devices. The author of the present paper justifies the need for implementing new solutions for lighting of tram's foreground in order to improve the quality of lighting taking into account various road traffic situations. For this purpose, new normative guidelines have been proposed allowing for assessment of lighting devices installed on trams, which directly influence the quality of tram's foreground lighting. Proposal for AFS system components for tram, measurement screen for examining projectors of symmetrical low beam lights, for examining projectors of symmetrical main lights, for examining the right projector of curve light and for examining the left projector of curve light are presented in the paper.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

transport; tram; simulation; lighting distribution; tram lighting; front lighting

• Wydawca: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation ; European Science Society of Powertrain and Transport KONES Poland ; Wydawnictwo Instytutu Technicznego Wojsk Lotniczych
• Czasopismo: Journal of KONES
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 18, No. 2
• Strony: 405--410
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Stypułkowski K.

• Warsaw University of Technology, Transport Department Koszykowa Street 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland phone:[phone], fax: [phone],

Bibliografia

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• [4] Stypułkowski, K., Adaptive Control System of Light Beam Position of Tram's Head Lights, Journal of KONES Powertrain and Transport, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 433-439, Warsaw 2009.
• [5] Tomczuk, P., Stypułkowski, K., Selected issues of tram’s front lighting exploitation. PAN Monografie Zespołu Systemów Eksploatacji Komitetu Budowy Maszyn, Problems Of Maintenance Of Sustainable Technological Systems, Polskie Naukowo-Techniczne Towarzystwo Eksploatacyjne, T. I, s. 152-169, Warszawa 2010.
• [6] Tomczuk, P., Stypułkowski, K., Light beam control system of tram's head lights, Journal of KONES Powertrain and Transport, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 475-482, Warsaw 2008.