USAF Bioenvironmental Noise Data Handbook. Volume 26. MA-3 Air Conditioner.

Abstract

The MA-3 Air Conditioner is an engine-driven air conditioner designed to provide conditioned air to the aircraft's interior during ground servicing. This report provides measured and extrapolated data defining the bioacoustic environments produced by this unit operating outdoors on a concrete apron at normal rated/loaded conditions. Near-field data are reported for 37 locations in a wide variety of physical and psychoacoustic measures: overall and band sound pressure levels, C-weighted and A-weighted sound levels, preferred speech interference level, perceived noise level, and limiting times for total daily exposure of personnel with and without standard Air Force ear protectors. Farfield data measured at 36 locations are normalized to standard meteorological conditions and extrapolated from 10-1600 meters to derive sets of equal-value contours for these same seven acoustic measures as functions of angle and distance from the source.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA029600

Entities

People

  • Henry Mohlman
  • John N. Cole
  • Nick A. Farinacci
  • Robert G. Powell
  • Robert T. England

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Concrete
  • Environment
  • Handbooks
  • Military Personnel
  • Near Field
  • Sound Pressure
  • Standards

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