NTL Record

Title Engine installation effects of four civil transport airplanes : Wallops Flight Facility study
Record ID 47287
Personal Name
Creator
Fleming, Gregg G.; Senzig, David A.; McCurdy, David A.; Roof, Christopher J.; Rapoza, Amanda S.
Source 69p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); Langley Research Center
Corporate
Contributor
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publication Date 20031031
Language English
Abstract This report examines the effects of airplane geometrical configuration on the acoustic directivity characteristics and on the propagation of airplane noise. This effect of airplane geometry is referred to in this report as “engine installation effects.” Engine installation effects are one of the components of lateral attenuation. Lateral attenuation in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Integrated Noise Model (INM) has been based on the methods described in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) Aerospace Information Report (AIR) 1751. Released in 1981, SAE-AIR-1751 is founded on data measured in the 1960s and 1970s. The Boeing B-727 airplane, which has an engine location not used on more modern large civil transports, dominated these measurements. Long-term measurements conducted with airport noise monitoring equipment have shown that the lateral attenuation algorithms in SAE-AIR-1751 tend to predict too much attenuation for modern airplanes.
Rosap ID dot:9817
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9817
TRT Terms Aircraft noise; Jet engines; Installation; Aircraft exhaust gases; Sound level; Acoustic measuring instruments; Standards; Ambient noise; Algorithms
General Subjects Lateral attenuation; Acoustic directivity; Ground Effects; Sound generation
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Energy and Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Aviation Energy and Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts
Geographical
Coverage
Virginia
Report Number NASA/TM-2003-212433
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47200/47287/NASA-TM-2003-2_12433.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository