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The Subjective Basis for Aircraft Noise Limitation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. W. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Acoustics Section, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington

Extract

A brief review is given of the kinds of objective and subjective measurement required for systematic regulation of the aircraft noise around an airport, based on a maximum permissible noise exposure criterion. Some subjective factors are discussed and illustrated by test results.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1967

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Footnotes

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A paper given at an International Conference on the Reduction of Noise and Disturbance Caused by Civil Aircraft, held in London in November 1966. Received 11th February 1967.

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