Advanced air mobility (AAM) missions, carried out by electrically driven air vehicles, are characterized by ranges of less than about 300-500 nm (about 500-900 km) and include both rural and urban operations. The missions may include public transportation, cargo delivery, air taxi, and emergency response. While the urban air mobility (UAM) subset of AAM is projected to have high economic benefit, it is also the most difficult to develop because it must overcome many barriers, including those associated with the airspace system, safety, and community noise. This presentation focuses on the utilization of UAM source noise data for assessment of community noise impact. Although a limited number of acoustic flight measurement campaigns have been made to characterize the source noise of prototype and preproduction UAM aircraft, prediction-based approaches are primarily considered herein. Following conceptual design, in which the vehicle is appropriately sized for its intended mission, a comprehensive analysis must be performed for a range of operating conditions spanning the flight envelope to determine the corresponding configurations of the vehicle, that is, the trimmed states. For each trimmed state, the noise produced by each source, for example, steady and unsteady rotor noise, may be computed and so-called source noise (hemi)spheres generated. These source data may subsequently be used in various community noise impact analyses. Several use cases are presented including those supporting noise certification and those for auralizations that may, in turn, be used as part of a perception-influenced design process. Land use planning tools for generating noise exposure maps, including those using simulation and integrated modeling approaches, are also presented. Finally, use cases supporting development of low noise flight operations, including an acoustic flight simulator and acoustically aware flight control, are considered.


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    Title :

    Community Noise Impact of Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Operations


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    Conference:

    Enabling Optimized Disruptive (ENODIS) Workshop ; 2023 ; Berlin, DE
    Aeroacoustics of Electrically Driven Air Vehicles: Towards a Green and Quiet Aviation ; 2023 ; Budapest, HU
    DLR Colloquium ; 2023 ; Gottingen, DE
    Up, Up, and Away: Innovations in Advanced Air Mobility ; 2024 ; Virtual, US


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    Language :

    English