Noise characterization study of the AP.1-88 hovercraft

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• Creators:
  Roof, C. J. ; Fleming, Gregg G. ; Read, D. R.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Noise
  • Air cushion vehicles
  • Measurement
  • Noise
  • Hovercraft
  • Noise Measurement
  • Acoustic
  • Alaska
  • Air Cushion Vehicle
  • AP.1-88
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-USPS-96-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Postal Service
• Abstract:
  During the period, June 1995 through March 1996, the U.S. Department of Transportation, ; Research and Special Programs Administration, John A. Volpe National Transportation ; Systems Center (Volpe Center), Acoustics Facility, in support of the United States Postal ; Service (Postal Service) Office of Environmental Policy & Management, conducted a Noise ; Characterization Study of the British Hovercraft Corporation Model AP.1-88 Hovercraft ; (AP.1-88). This document presents the results of the study, including the measurement, ; data reduction and analysis procedures used to characterize the craft. Also presented, ; for the purpose of comparison with the AP.1-88 noise data, is a limited amount of measured ; noise data for the Textron Marine & Land Systems Lighter Air Cushion Vehicle-30 (LACV-30) ; hovercraft.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  VR663/N6083
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8944/dot_8944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 315.80 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e8980c66d7c6b8c42e853337ebdbdd47501ca8f15779e980f168aa6dd3a582fff15cde00b1dee188d2a225e4edadce33d9bc52563c0055ce57f7ba42870477e0