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Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft (2018)
Journal Article
Schafer, A., Barrett, S., Doyme, K., Dray, L., Gnadt, A., Self, R., …Torija Martinez, A. (2019). Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft. Nature Energy, 4(2), 160-166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0294-x

Ever since the Wright brothers’ first powered flight in 1903, commercial aircraft have relied on liquid hydrocarbon fuels. However, the need for greenhouse gas emission reductions along with recent progress in battery technology for automobiles has... Read More about Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft.

On the assessment of subjective response to tonal content of contemporary aircraft noise (2018)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., Roberts, S., Woodward, R., Flindell, I., McKenzie, A., & Self, R. (2019). On the assessment of subjective response to tonal content of contemporary aircraft noise. Applied Acoustics, 146, 190-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2018.11.015

The Effective Perceived Noise Level (EPNL) is the primary metric used for assessing subjective response to aircraft noise. The EPNL comprises calculation of the Perceived Noise Level (in PNdB), and takes into account flyover duration and the presen... Read More about On the assessment of subjective response to tonal content of contemporary aircraft noise.

Representative-in-class vehicles for fleet-level aviation noise analysis (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., & Self, R. (2018, July). Representative-in-class vehicles for fleet-level aviation noise analysis. Presented at 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2018, ICSV 2018: Hiroshima Calling, Hiroshima, Japan

Global air traffic demand is projected to nearly double by 2035 (7.2 billion passengers) compared to the 3.8 billion passengers in 2016. At such a growth rate, the aviation sector might cause an important detriment of the welfare of those living arou... Read More about Representative-in-class vehicles for fleet-level aviation noise analysis.

Preliminary noise assessment of aircraft with distributed electric propulsion (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Synodinos, A., Self, R., & Torija Martinez, A. (2018, June). Preliminary noise assessment of aircraft with distributed electric propulsion. Presented at 2018 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

Electric and hybrid-electric propulsion technologies in aviation are becoming more attractive for aviation stakeholders not only due to the resulting reduction or elimination of the dependency on oil, whose availability and price are uncertain, but... Read More about Preliminary noise assessment of aircraft with distributed electric propulsion.

Aircraft classification for efficient modelling of environmental noise impact of aviation (2018)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Self, R. (2018). Aircraft classification for efficient modelling of environmental noise impact of aviation. Journal of Air Transport Management, 67, 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.12.007

With the environmental externalities of civil aviation under unprecedented scrutiny, and with the projected significant increase in air traffic demand over the next few decades, fleet-level studies are required to assess the potential benefit of no... Read More about Aircraft classification for efficient modelling of environmental noise impact of aviation.