Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum 2023


Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy
September 11 - 15, 2023





Session: A04-04: Urban air mobility noise (drones UAM) - Part II
Date: Tuesday 12 September 2023
Time: 10:20 - 10:40
Title: Drone and eVTOL flyover noise simulation – Comprehensive process from aeroacoustics to sound quality
Author(s): P. Boussard, Ansys, Technopole de l'Arbois, 13100 Aix-En-Provence, France
D. Caridi, Ansys, Via G. B. Pergolesi 25, 20124 Milano, Italy
A. Bouthéon, Ansys, 35-37 Rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
A. Minard, Ansys, 35-37 Rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
S. Bandopadhyay, Ansys, 35-37 Rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
Pages: 995-1002
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.1282
PDF: https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2023/data/articles/001282.pdf
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Abstract

Drones and eVTOL will definitely be a part of the city of tomorrow. How big a part they will play strongly depends on community noise management and acceptance from city populations. This paper proposes a comprehensive process to simulate, study and reduce the annoyance of such noise sources. A large part of the noise is coming from the rotor blades and can be simulated with aeroacoustics computation tools, which also account for the interferences produced between several rotors. Other sources such as the e-motor also play an important role that need to be considered. The impact of the propagation of these source noises towards the ground is quite different at small and large distances, and different modeling approaches can be used (source directivities, atmospheric absorption, turbulence, etc.). Then, various techniques can be employed for the spatial sound rendering of the noise perceived on the ground; this paper considers two approaches: binaural rending over headphones and Vector-Base Amplitude Panning with a multiple-speaker system. Finally, psychoacoustics indicators can be calculated on the simulated noise and then compared to listening test results.