A psychoacoustic test was performed using simulated sounds from a distributed electric propulsion aircraft concept to help understand factors associated with human annoyance. A design space spanning the number of high-lift leading edge propellers and their relative operating speeds, inclusive of time varying effects associated with motor controller error and atmospheric turbulence, was considered. It was found that the mean annoyance response varies in a statistically significant manner with the number of propellers and with the inclusion of time varying effects, but does not differ significantly with the relative RPM between propellers. An annoyance model was developed, inclusive of confidence intervals, using the noise metrics of loudness, roughness, and tonality as predictors.


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    Title :

    Annoyance to Noise Produced by a Distributed Electric Propulsion High-Lift System



    Conference:

    AIAA Aviation 2017 ; 2017 ; Denver, CO, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-06-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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