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Short-term annoyance reduction evoked by active noise control method on turboprop regional aircraft cabin noise

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Since the 2000s, the advancing global economy has increased the demand for turboprop regional aircraft, and various studies have been conducted to resolve aircraft noise-related problems. Despite the progress made by previous studies, turboprop regional aircraft still have a poor noise environment compared to other vehicles. In addition, although an application of active noise control (ANC) method had improved the noise environment of the cabin, none of studies were conducted in consideration of a relationship between the application of ANC method and the resulting change of an (short-term) annoyance. Therefore, in the current study, an annoyance reduction evoked by active noise control (ANC) methodology on a turboprop regional aircraft cabin noise was investigated in three experiments. In the first experiment, 50 participants estimated the perception limit of psychoacoustic parameters on aircraft interior noise to identify the cognitive characteristic of the noise. Furthermore, the noise reduction achieved by applying ANC was identified based on the empirical results of the second experiment. Finally, the third experiment examined the relationship between psychoacoustic parameters (loudness and sharpness) and annoyance with the assistance of 50 participants. As a result, the difference between the noise reduction and the annoyance reduction was identified. Furthermore, the degree of annoyance reduction of implementing ANC in cabin noise was identified.

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Soogab Lee is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University in 1992. He worked as a Research Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center from 1992 to 1995. His research interests are in the area of aerodynamics and acoustics of rotating machines including wind turbine systems.

Kiseop Yoon is a researcher in the Center for Environmental Noise and Vibration Research. He received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University in 2018. His research interests are in the area of active noise control system and the perception of environmental noise.

Dongwook Kim is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University. He received his M.S. degree from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University in 2018. His research interests are in the area of active noise control system and the perception of environmental noise.

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Yoon, K., Kim, D. & Lee, S. Short-term annoyance reduction evoked by active noise control method on turboprop regional aircraft cabin noise. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 1573–1584 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0309-y

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