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... 28 CHAPTER 3. MEASURED AIRCRAFT TAXIING SOURCE NOISE CHARACTERISTICS This Chapter summarizes the available measured aircraft taxi and static noise data.
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... 29 3.1.3. Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA)
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... 30 MD88 Taxiway Longitudinal Directivity 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Directivity Angle (deg)
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... 31 CRJ Taxiway Longitudinal Directivity 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Directivity Angle (deg)
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... 32 To use the test stand data for estimating taxiing noise levels it is necessary apply a correction from the SAE AIR to account for the acoustic difference between clean (ICD) and distorted (no ICD)
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... 33 3.1.6. IAD Directivity and Breakaway Thrust Measurement Data A characterization of breakaway thrust from taxiing aircraft noise was successfully made based on measurements conducted at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
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... 34 SAE AIR 5662 Lateral Source Directivity -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 -90 -75 -60 -45 -30 -15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 Angle (Deg)
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... 35 X Y Z B737-700 Based on matched INM NPD SEL Data 3000 Lbs Approach Thrust Omnidirectional Spectral Sphere with AIR5662 Lateral Directivity Applied Figure 26. B737-700 AAM 3D source - omni directional sphere with SAE lateral directivity applied.
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... 36 X-Ft Y -F t -50000 0 50000 -40000 -20000 0 20000 40000 SEL-unwt 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 B737-700 Omnidirectional sphere Matched NPD under 5k ft X-Ft Y -F t -50000 0 50000 -40000 -20000 0 20000 40000 SEL-unwt 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 B737-700 Omnidirectional sphere Matched NPD under 5k ft Lateral Directivity Applied Figure 27. B737-700 AAM ground contour predictions with omni and lateral directivity spheres (+/- 50 k ft)
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... 37 3.2.2. Longitudinal Directivity 3D spheres were created that incorporate longitudinal directivity as obtained from measurements in addition to the lateral directivity discussed above.
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... 38 Normalized Taxi Directivity based on available data, B737-700 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 Angle from Nose (deg) N or m al iz ed L ev el re : 9 0de g Figure 30.
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... 39 CRJ Taxiway Longitudinal Directivity 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Directivity Angle (deg)
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... 40 B737 Average Ground Idle Spectra 30-50 degrees 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 10 100 1000 10000 Frequency [Hz] Le ve l N or m al iz ed to 7 0 dB a t 1 k H z EventsAVG Event2 Event6 Event15 Test+ICD INM_Dep INM_Arr HMMH B737-300 Madrid 737 A Madrid 737 B Madrid A319 Figure 32.
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... 41 B737 Average Ground Idle Spectra 120-140 degrees 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 10 100 1000 10000 Frequency [Hz] Le ve l N or m al iz ed to 7 0 dB a t 1 k H z DCA Events Average DCA Event 2 DCA Event 6 DCA Event 15 Eng1 INM_Arr INM_Dep HMMH - B737-300 Madrid 737 A Madrid 737 B Madrid A319 Figure 34.
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... 42 impact of changing the spectral class drives the effect of atmospheric absorption over the propagation distances of interest. Appendices A and B in this report use local meteorological conditions in utilizing acoustic measurements for the creation of user defined NPD curves.
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... 43 Noise Change (SEL dBA) per Change in Thrust (kLb)
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... 44 while additional research investigates in further detail the sensitivity of taxi and idle engine noise to changes in thrust.

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