This report reviews models for calculating the lateral attenuation of aircraft flight noise, in particular, the change in attenuation for different elevation angles varying from aircraft directly overhead (90 deg. elevation angle) to a zero elevation angle. Sets of noise spectrum-dependent lateral attenuation values derived from theory and from experimental flight measurements were applied to sets of different aircraft noise spectra to determine A-level differences with elevation angle. The lateral attenuation based on the experimental data showed appreciably greater attenuation, but still less attenuation than the SAE model currently incorporated in the Integrated Noise Model (INM) aircraft noise computer program. Based on the experimental curves, a new generalized transition model was developed and is recommended as a replacement for current NOISEMAP lateral transiton algorithm.
Lateral Attenuation of Aircraft Flight Noise
1985
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Noise Pollution & Control , Aircraft , Acoustics , Acoustic attenuation , Aircraft noise , Directional , Sound transmission , Inflight , Mathematical models , Algorithms , Angles , Attenuation , Communities , Computer programs , Elevation , Exposure(General) , Flight , Integrated systems , Measurement , Models , Noise , Sound , Spectra , Transitions , Community noise exposure , Lateral sound attenuation , Noise spectra
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