User Guides for Noise Modeling of Commercial Space Operations—RUMBLE and PCBoom
2018

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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.

Disclaimer - This software is offered as is, without warranty or promise of support of any kind either expressed or implied. Under no circumstance will the National Academy of Sciences or the Transportation Research Board (collectively "TRB") be liable for any loss or damage caused by the installation or operation of this product. TRB makes no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, in fact, or in law, including without limitation, the warranty of merchantability or the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not, in any case, be liable for any consequential or special damages.

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192 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-44684-8
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-47541-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25099

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Front Matter i-viii
Chapter 1 - Introduction 1-4
Part 1 - RUMBLE, Launch Vehicle Acoustic, Simulation Model, Version 2.0, User Guide 5-107
Part II - PCBoom, Sonic Boom Model for Space Operations, Version 4.99, User Guide 108-176

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User Guides for Noise Modeling of Commercial Space Operations—RUMBLE and PCBoom (2018)

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