5. Aircraft noise characteristics
5.1 Noise propagation, brief reminder
Land transport noise sources (railways, roads) are linear, and noise decay as a function of distance is in principle "cylindrical", although shielding effects are possible. Airborne noise is 3D and, in free field conditions, its attenuation as a function of distance comprises two terms:
geometric, spherical attenuation: L = L 0 – 20log(d/d 0 ), which corresponds to a decrease of 6 dB per doubling of distance;
atmospheric absorption, which depends on frequency; negligible at low frequencies, it can be very significant at high frequencies, such as engine noise.
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Standards and norms
- Acoustics – Unattended monitoring of aircraft sound in the vicinity of airports. - ISO/CD 20906 - 2009
- Acoustics – Description, assessment and measurement of environmental noise. - ISO/DIS 1996-2.2 - 2005
- Uncertainty of measurement – Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM : 1995) - ISO/IEC Guide 98-3 - 2008
- Acoustics – Procedure for describing aircraft noise heard...
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