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Title:

User Guides for Noise Modeling of Commercial Space Operations: RUMBLE and PCBoom

Report No.:

ACRP Report 183

Authors:

Kevin A. Bradley [and five others]

Published:

2018

Washington, D.C.

Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Series:

Report (Airport Cooperative Research Program ACRP)

Type:

Hard copy + Online document

1 volume (179 pages)

Online Access:

https://doi.org/10.17226/25099

Access Note:

Web page with links to report and supplemental material

Summary

"TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 183: User Guides for Noise Modeling of Commercial Space Operations—RUMBLE and PCBoom provides guidance on using RUMBLE 2.0, which predicts rocket noise, and PCBoom4, which has been modified to predict sonic booms from commercial space operations. As commercial space launch vehicle activities increase, many noise issues, as well as the effects of sonic booms, will need to be evaluated. The Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) is designed to evaluate the effects of noise and emissions from aircraft but doesn't have the ability to predict noise and sonic boom effects from commercial space operations. This project develops two tools to predict noise and sonic boom to be used in the noise modeling evaluation process. Download software for PCBoom and RUMBLE. ACRP Web-Only Document 33: Commercial Space Operations Noise and Sonic Boom Modeling and Analysis is the contractor's final report on the methodology and development of these tools."--from TRB

Publ. Place

Washington, D.C.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction --
Part I. RUMBLE, Launch Vehicle Acoustic Simulation Model, Version 2.0, User Guide --
Chapter 2. Introduction to RUMBLE --
Chapter 3. Technical Reference --
Chapter 4. System and Installation --
Chapter 5. Noise Metrics --
Chapter 6. Input File Descriptions --
Chapter 7. Program Operation --
Chapter 8. Output File Descriptions --
Chapter 9. Error and Warning Messages --
Chapter 10. Instructional Resources --
Chapter 11. Approval Process --
Chapter 12. RSIF Reference Guide --
References --
Abbreviations --
Part II. PCBoom, Sonic Boom Model for Space Operations, Version 4.99, User Guide --
Chapter 13. Introduction to PCBoom --
Chapter 14. Technical Reference --
Chapter 15. Program Installation and Execution --
Chapter 16. PCBoom Input Files --
Chapter 17. Sonic Boom Metrics --
Chapter 18. PCBoom Output Files --
Chapter 19. Error and Warning Messages --
Chapter 20. Sample Cases --
Chapter 21. PCBoom Data Display and Grid Output --
Chapter 22. Generating Sonic Boom Source Signatures --
Chatper 23. Approval Process Guidance for Commercial Space Noise Studies --
References --
Abbreviations

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