Smooth Complex Reflectors - An Alternative Approach

950598

02/01/1995

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Different approaches have been proposed in the past for designing smooth complex reflectors. One major difficulty in designing headlamps with smooth reflectors is maintaining the slope continuity of the reflector surface without compromising the robustness of the beam pattern. In this paper, two simple algorithms are proposed for developing smooth complex reflector headlamps. The first is a numerical marching scheme used to generate smooth complex surfaces based on user specified spread points. In the second approach, a parametrically represented smooth surface is generated with user defined spread points to obtain the desired beam patterns.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/950598
Pages
8
Citation
Chinniah, J., Dassanayake, M., and Patel, B., "Smooth Complex Reflectors - An Alternative Approach," SAE Technical Paper 950598, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950598.
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Published
Feb 1, 1995
Product Code
950598
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English