All Outputs (84)

Noise assessment of aircraft with distributed electric propulsion using a new noise estimation framework (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Synodinos, A., Self, R., & Torija Martinez, A. (2017, July). Noise assessment of aircraft with distributed electric propulsion using a new noise estimation framework. Presented at 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, ICSV 2017, London, UK

Future aircraft are envisioned to have significantly smaller noise footprint and emissions impact in order to satisfy the ambitious long-term aircraft noise and emissions goals set by several organisations worldwide, for example ACARE and NASA. Dis... Read More about Noise assessment of aircraft with distributed electric propulsion using a new noise estimation framework.

A methodology to determine the significance of criteria for prioritizing road stretches for action against traffic noise,Una metodología para determinar la importancia de los criterios para priorizar las actuaciones contra el ruido del tráfico de carreteras (2017)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Padillo, A., Torija, A. J., Ramos-Ridao, Á., & Ruiz, D. P. (2017). A methodology to determine the significance of criteria for prioritizing road stretches for action against traffic noise,Una metodología para determinar la importancia de los criterios para priorizar las actuaciones contra el ruido del tráfico de carreteras. Carreteras (Madrid), 211,

Road traffic noise is one of the main environmental impacts of road infrastructures, so that efficient solutions are required for reducing noise exposure. Analyzing the noise action plans published in Spain it is observed a widespread lack of methodo... Read More about A methodology to determine the significance of criteria for prioritizing road stretches for action against traffic noise,Una metodología para determinar la importancia de los criterios para priorizar las actuaciones contra el ruido del tráfico de carreteras.

A model for the rapid assessment of the impact of aviation noise near airports (2017)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2017). A model for the rapid assessment of the impact of aviation noise near airports. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 141(2), 981-995. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4976053

This paper introduces a simplified model [Rapid Aviation Noise Evaluator (RANE)] for the calculation of aviation noise within the context of multi-disciplinary strategic environmental assessment where input data are both limited and constrained by... Read More about A model for the rapid assessment of the impact of aviation noise near airports.

Una metodología para determinar la importancia de los criterios para priorizar las actuaciones contra el ruido del tráfico de carreteras A methodology to determine the significance of criteria for prioritizing road stretches for action against traffic noise (2017)
Journal Article
stretches for action against traffic noise

El ruido del tráfico destaca de entre los impactos ambientales de las carreteras, situación que exige medidas para su reducción. El estudio crítico de los planes de acción contra el ruido publicados en España deja patente la generalizada falta de... Read More about Una metodología para determinar la importancia de los criterios para priorizar las actuaciones contra el ruido del tráfico de carreteras A methodology to determine the significance of criteria for prioritizing road stretches for action against traffic noise.

On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Torija, A. J., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2016). On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

Aircraft operations have a significant impact on local air quality, climate change, fuel consumption and noise around airports. In order to reach emission targets set by aviation agencies (e.g. ACARE), to reduce environmental impact and to ensure a s... Read More about On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2016, August). On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK. Presented at INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future, Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft operations have a significant impact on local air quality, climate change, fuel consumption and noise around airports. In order to reach emission targets set by aviation agencies (e.g. ACARE), to reduce environmental impact and to ensure a s... Read More about On the CO2 and noise emissions forecast in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings (2016)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., Flindell, I., & Self, R. (2016). Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 140(2), 843-854. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4960518

The objective of this paper is to propose and illustrate a simple approach for the selection of frequency weightings for the assessment of environmental and transportation noise. In recent years, the A-frequency weighting has become almost universa... Read More about Subjective dominance as a basis for selecting frequency weightings.

Evolution of noise metrics in future aviation scenarios in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2016, July). Evolution of noise metrics in future aviation scenarios in the UK. Presented at ICSV 2016 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration: From Ancient to Modern Acoustics 2016, Athens, Greece

The Department for Transport of the UK (DfT) estimates an increase of 90% of air transport movements by 2050 compared to 2010. In order to offset such increase in the number of aircraft operations and avoid the consequent increase in noise impact on... Read More about Evolution of noise metrics in future aviation scenarios in the UK.

A new method for estimating community noise changes due to aircraft technology variations (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Synodinos, A., Self, R., Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2016, July). A new method for estimating community noise changes due to aircraft technology variations. Presented at ICSV 2016 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration: From Ancient to Modern Acoustics 2016, Athens, Greece

Future air traffic growth forecasts underline the need for new environmental abatement strategies for aviation, involving, among others, the adoption of new aircraft designs and technologies. Accurately predicting the noise impact of these strategi... Read More about A new method for estimating community noise changes due to aircraft technology variations.

Selection of suitable alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic noise using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model (2016)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Padillo, A., Ruiz, D., Torija Martinez, A., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2016). Selection of suitable alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic noise using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 61, 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2016.06.003

Road traffic noise is one of the most significant environmental impacts generated by transport systems. To this regard, the recent implementation of the European Environmental Noise Directive by Public Administrations of the European Union member cou... Read More about Selection of suitable alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic noise using a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model.

Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multi-criteria decision in noise action plans : prioritizing road stretches (2016)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Padillo, A., Torija Martinez, A., Ramos-Ridao, A., & Ruiz, D. (2016). Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multi-criteria decision in noise action plans : prioritizing road stretches. Environmental Modelling and Software, 81, 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.03.009

Traffic noise is one of the major environmental impacts of road infrastructures. Critical study of published Noise Action Plans (NAP) signals a widespread lack of objective criteria and methodologies for prioritizing actions against noise as well a... Read More about Application of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multi-criteria decision in noise action plans : prioritizing road stretches.

A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction (2016)
Journal Article
Martin-Fernandez, L., Ruiz, D., Torija Martinez, A., & Miguez, J. (2016). A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 27(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.3808/jei.201500295

Environmental noise prediction and modeling are key factors for addressing a proper planning and management of urban sound environments. In this paper we propose a maximum a posteriori (MAP) method to compare nonlinear state-space models that descr... Read More about A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction.

Erratum: Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification (Acta Acustica united with Acustica (2016) 102 (35-44) DOI 10.3813/AAA.918922) (2016)
Journal Article
Ballesteros Garrido, M., Torija Martinez, A., Fernandez, M., & Ballesteros, J. (2016). Erratum: Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification (Acta Acustica united with Acustica (2016) 102 (35-44) DOI 10.3813/AAA.918922). Acta acustica united with Acustica, 102(2), 407-407. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918957

Automated classification of urban locations for environmental noise impact assessment on the basis of road-traffic content (2016)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2016). Automated classification of urban locations for environmental noise impact assessment on the basis of road-traffic content. Expert systems with applications, 53, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.01.011

Urban and road planners must take right decisions related to urban traffic management and controlling noise pollution. Their assessments and resolutions have important consequences on the annoyance of population exposed to road-traffic... Read More about Automated classification of urban locations for environmental noise impact assessment on the basis of road-traffic content.

Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification (2016)
Journal Article
Ballesteros Garrido, M., Torija Martinez, A., Fernandez, M., & Ballesteros, J. (2016). Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 102(1), 35-44. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918922

Leisure and road traffic are two of the major contributors to environmental noise in urban agglomerations. This environmental problem is particularly important in some cities, where there is a massive circulation of traffic vehicles and numerous ou... Read More about Differences between road traffic and leisure noise in urban areas. Developing a model for automatic identification.

Estimating variation in community noise due to variation in aircraft operations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Synodinos, A., Self, R., Flindell, I., & Torija Martinez, A. (2015, May). Estimating variation in community noise due to variation in aircraft operations. Presented at 10th European Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (EuroNoise2015), Maastricht, Holland

Notwithstanding considerable effort by many researchers world-wide, the estimation of community noise due to changes in aircraft fleets and operations remains subject to considerable uncertainty. This paper describes a new taxonomical architecture... Read More about Estimating variation in community noise due to variation in aircraft operations.

Frequency weightings based on subjectively dominant spectral ranges (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., Flindell, I., Self, R., & Torija Martinez, A. J. (2015, May). Frequency weightings based on subjectively dominant spectral ranges. Presented at 10th European Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (EuroNoise2015), Maastricht, Holland

The optimisation of frequency weightings for the assessment of environmental and transportation noise has been an enduring research theme, with no real consensus achieved, other than increasing acknowledgement that the widespread adoption of the A-... Read More about Frequency weightings based on subjectively dominant spectral ranges.

The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise (2015)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2015). The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(1), 189-198. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904542

Based on subjective listening trials, Torija and Flindell [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135, 1–4 (2014)] observed that low frequency content in typical urban main road traffic noise appeared to make a smaller contribution to reported annoyance than might be... Read More about The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise.

A general procedure to generate models for urban environmental-noise pollution using feature selection and machine learning methods (2014)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2015). A general procedure to generate models for urban environmental-noise pollution using feature selection and machine learning methods. Science of the Total Environment, 505, 680-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.060

The prediction of environmental noise in urban environments requires the solution of a complex and non-linear problem, since there are complex relationships among themultitude of variables involved in the characterization andmodelling of environmen... Read More about A general procedure to generate models for urban environmental-noise pollution using feature selection and machine learning methods.

Exploratory analysis of the factors involved in the perception of the quality of urban soundscapes (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Garcia-Checa, F., Perez-Martinez, G., Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2014, September). Exploratory analysis of the factors involved in the perception of the quality of urban soundscapes. Presented at 7th Forum Acusticum, FA 2014, Krakow, Poland

The identity of urban environments are largely determined by their history and current use, which should be closely related. Moreover, the particular sound of a specific urban site should be a distinct component of its image and identity, thanks to w... Read More about Exploratory analysis of the factors involved in the perception of the quality of urban soundscapes.