A field study has been conducted to examine the interior noise characteristics of a general aviation aircraft. The purposes of the study were to identify the major noise sources and their relative contribution and to establish the noise transmission paths and their relative importance. Tests were performed on an aircraft operating under stationary conditions on the ground. The results show that the interior noise level of light aircraft is dominated by broadband, low frequencies (below 1,000 Hz). Both the propeller and the engine are dominant sources; however, the contribution from the propeller is significantly more than the engine at its fundamental blade passage frequency. The data suggests that the airborne path is more dominant than the structure-borne path in the transmission of broadband, low-frequency noise which apparently results from the exhaust.


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    Title :

    Sources and characteristics of interior noise in general aviation aircraft


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Annual Meeting of Acoustical Society of America ; 1976 ; Washington, DC


    Publication date :

    1976-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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