Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned mobility vehicles (UAMs) can be used for many purposes, ranging from package delivery to transporting people. Flight paths for these vehicles may be over or near transportation corridors. Communities near these corridors may be exposed to a type of noise not currently experienced, with current noise sources typically related to aircraft, rail, and road operations. This paper focuses on audibility of UAV noise in the presence of transportation noise, specifically highway traffic noise with varying parameters, including pavement type, percentage of heavy trucks, noise wall, and distance from the highway. Noise data from a single UAV event and multiple highway noise measurements are used to explore potential masking and audibility.

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