MSc thesis-1975-Brown.pdf (3.28 MB)
The estimation of cumulative noise exposure caused by aircraft traffic
thesis
posted on 2012-11-12, 13:23 authored by David BrownCommunity noise caused by aircraft traffic is
examined in relation to its estimation by predictive and
measurement methods. The basic properties of the noise
exposure at any airport-vicinity site are shown to be
mainly defined by the statistics of the peak-level occurrence
and noise duration distributions over a given time
period. The relationship between these distributions is
derived in terms of traffic parameters. This leads to
the derivation of an equation for the evaluation of Leq ,
which makes use of information usually acquired for an
NNI assessment and which is directly comparable with the
NNI formula. An important result of the study is the
development of a simple and convenient method for predicting
aircraft noise exposures, by which various noise
indices (NNI, Leq, LNP, L10 etc.) can be directly
evaluated.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Publisher
© David BrownPublication date
1975Notes
A Master's Dissertation, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the award of the Master Of Science degree of Loughborough University.Language
- en