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A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
We are on the cusp of a revolution in the aviation sector, driven by the significant progress in electric power and battery technologies, and autonomous systems. Several industry leaders and governmental agencies are currently investigating the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or “drones” as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020682 |
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description | We are on the cusp of a revolution in the aviation sector, driven by the significant progress in electric power and battery technologies, and autonomous systems. Several industry leaders and governmental agencies are currently investigating the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or “drones” as commonly known, for an ever-growing number of applications—from blue light services to parcel delivery and urban mobility. Undoubtedly, the operation of UAVs will lead to noise exposure, which has the potential to become a significant public health issue. This paper first describes the main acoustic and operational characteristics of UAVs, as an unconventional noise source compared to conventional civil aircraft. Gaps in the literature and the regulations on the noise metrics and acceptable noise levels are identified and discussed. The state-of-the-art evidence on human response to aircraft and other environmental noise sources is reviewed and its application for UAVs discussed. A methodological framework is proposed for building psychoacoustic knowledge, to inform systems and operations development to limit the noise impact on communities. |
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spelling | pubmed-78306892021-01-26 A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Torija, Antonio J. Clark, Charlotte Int J Environ Res Public Health Review We are on the cusp of a revolution in the aviation sector, driven by the significant progress in electric power and battery technologies, and autonomous systems. Several industry leaders and governmental agencies are currently investigating the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or “drones” as commonly known, for an ever-growing number of applications—from blue light services to parcel delivery and urban mobility. Undoubtedly, the operation of UAVs will lead to noise exposure, which has the potential to become a significant public health issue. This paper first describes the main acoustic and operational characteristics of UAVs, as an unconventional noise source compared to conventional civil aircraft. Gaps in the literature and the regulations on the noise metrics and acceptable noise levels are identified and discussed. The state-of-the-art evidence on human response to aircraft and other environmental noise sources is reviewed and its application for UAVs discussed. A methodological framework is proposed for building psychoacoustic knowledge, to inform systems and operations development to limit the noise impact on communities. MDPI 2021-01-14 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7830689/ /pubmed/33466937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020682 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Torija, Antonio J. Clark, Charlotte A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
title | A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
title_full | A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
title_fullStr | A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
title_full_unstemmed | A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
title_short | A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
title_sort | psychoacoustic approach to building knowledge about human response to noise of unmanned aerial vehicles |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020682 |
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