This study was designed to provide photometric information about current U.S. and European high- and low-beam headlamps. The sample included 20 headlamps manufactured for use on the 20 best-selling passenger vehicles for model year 2000 in the U.S., and 20 headlamps manufactured for use on the 20 best-selling passenger vehicles for model year 2000 in Europe. The vehicles sampled represent 49% and 47%, respectively, of all vehicles sold in the U.S. and in Europe. The lamps were purchased directly from vehicle dealerships. The photometric information for each lamp was weighted by the sales figures for the corresponding vehicle. The results are presented both in tabular form for the 25th-percentile, the median (50th-percentile), and the 75th-percentile luminous intensities, as well as in graphical form (for the median luminous intensities), both for high- and low-beam headlamps (from 45 Grad left to 45 Grad right, and from 5 Grad down to 7 Grad up).
High-beam and low-beam headlighting patterns in the U.S. and Europe at the turn of the millennium
Fernlicht und Ablendlicht Scheinwerfermuster in USA und Europa an der Jahrtausendschwelle
2002
22 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 10 Tabellen, 5 Quellen
Conference paper
English
High-Beam and Low-Beam Headlighting Patterns in the U.S. and Europe at the Turn of the Millennium
SAE Technical Papers | 2002
|British Library Conference Proceedings | 2002
|High-beam and low-beam headlighting patterns in the US and Europe at the turn of the millenium
Automotive engineering | 2002
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