Passengers’ seat vibration exposure on turboprop aircraft flights

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Mansfield, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-6769-1721, Vink, P., Vledder, G., Yao, X., Song, Y., Herbig, B., Reichherzer, A.S. and Bellmann, A.M., 2023. Passengers’ seat vibration exposure on turboprop aircraft flights. In: S. Frohriep, N. Mansfield, A. West, P. Vink, A. Naddeo and W. Song, eds., Proceedings of the 4th International Comfort Congress, 6-7 September 2023, Amberg, Germany. Comfort Congress. ISBN 9789463844642

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Abstract

Turboprop aircraft offer the possibility of lower emissions for regional travel in comparison to jet aircraft. Future low-carbon aircraft concepts include propeller-generated thrust powered from fuel cells, hydrogen, biofuel, battery or hybrid power. The noise and vibration experienced in a turboprop cabin is different to that experienced in a jet, with signals characterised by tonal components related to the blade pass frequency of the propellers. These components have been associated with more noise and vibration discomfort. There are few published studies of aircraft cabin vibration measured on the seat cushion surface according to ISO2631-1. This paper gives data from two turboprop aircraft flights with measurements made in three different seats. It shows how the vibration is highly tonal, and is affected by position and flight phase.

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Chapter in book

Creators:

Mansfield, N., Vink, P., Vledder, G., Yao, X., Song, Y., Herbig, B., Reichherzer, A.S. and Bellmann, A.M.

Publisher:

Comfort Congress

Date:

1 September 2023

ISBN:

9789463844642

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