The Influence of Aircraft Noise on Population's Sleep – Case of Cargo Aircrafts

Isadora Ruas Henriques
Jules Ghislain Slama

Mechanical Engineering Department, Polytechnical School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Event: XVI SITRAER – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, October 25–27, 2017
Volume: Proceedings of XVI Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER) · ISSN 2448-1912
Pages: 510–518
Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/COPPE)
Editors: Fabio Krykhtine

Abstract

Aircraft noise has negative influence on health and on human well-being. This present work investigates the influence of this noise on population’s sleep surrounding the airport, especially the one caused by cargo aircrafts. Simulations were done through the Integrated Noise Model (INM) program to determine the Sound Exposure Level (SEL) metric during a passage of an aircraft above a receptor. Through this metric, it was possible to estimate the percent of the exposed population expected to be awakened due to a single event using the curves proposed by the Federal Interagency Committee on Noise (FICON) and the Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN). Afterwards, it was estimated the percentage of awakenings due to the passage of N different aircrafts. Three scenarios were studied: all night-time movement at the airport, only the night-time movement of commercial aircrafts and the night-time movement without the take-off operations of cargo aircrafts. Cargo aircrafts have presented high noise levels and higher influence on population’s sleep. However, in the case of Viracopos International Airport, the removal of noise contributions of cargo aircrafts did not influence any percentage of awakenings after the passage of N aircrafts corresponding to night-time movement at the airport.

Keywords: Airport Noise; Sleep Disturbance; Cargo Aircraft

How to cite

ABNT

HENRIQUES, Isadora Ruas; SLAMA, Jules Ghislain. The Influence of Aircraft Noise on Population's Sleep – Case of Cargo Aircrafts. In: SIMPÓSIO DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO, 16., 2017, Rio de Janeiro. Anais [...]. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ/COPPE, 2018. p. 510-518. ISSN 2448-1912. Disponível em: https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2017-sit56.html.

APA

Henriques, I. R., & Slama, J. G. (2017). The Influence of Aircraft Noise on Population's Sleep – Case of Cargo Aircrafts. In F. Krykhtine (Eds.), Proceedings of XVI Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER) (pp. 510–518). UFRJ/COPPE. https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2017-sit56.html

BibTeX

@inproceedings{henriques2017the,
  author = {Henriques, Isadora Ruas and Slama, Jules Ghislain},
  title = {{The Influence of Aircraft Noise on Population's Sleep – Case of Cargo Aircrafts}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of XVI Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER)},
  editor = {Krykhtine, Fabio},
  pages = {510--518},
  year = {2017},
  address = {Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil},
  publisher = {Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/COPPE)},
  issn = {2448-1912},
  url = {https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2017-sit56.html}
}