Comfort in the Regional Aircraft Cabin: Passenger Priorities

Mansfield, Neil J.; West, A. D.; Vanheusden, Frederique J.; Faulkner, Simon

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_19

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“…13 For the turboprop, the noise needs to be improved. This is in alignment with the study of Mansfield et al, 14 which mentions that turboprop aircraft were considered noisy and therefore less comfortable than turbojets.…”

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confidence: 90%

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Passenger reasons for mobility transition from jet to train and turboprop

Vink¹,

Vledder²,

Monteiro³

et al. 2022

AAOAJ

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Turboprop airplanes and trains have the potential in being more sustainable for short distance travels. This paper focuses on identifying factors that influence passengers in the selection of transport. A questionnaire was developed by 4 experts and used in 3 workshops with 58 aircraft interior design experts. Besides, the answers of 20 passengers were incorporated as well for a holistic view of different stake holders. Results indicated that comfort, efficiency and sustainability are three categories of factors that influence the choice, where the leading factors are space, waiting time, seat and air quality. For traveling less than 250 km the train is the prefered. Twenty seven % has a preference for the turboprop airplanes for a distance of approximately 500 km. Next to the seat, noise is the second major barrier for the choice of the turboprop. Participants also complain about the outdated image of turboprops. This implies that 1) the environmental impact should be presented to the passengers in the selection process to raise their sustainability concerns; 2) in the design of interior for turboprop, seat comfort and noisie reduction are concerns that should be taken into consideration designing the interior. Exciting elements in the design should be considered as well for stimulating a more sustainable way of travel.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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“…However, turboprops have the disadvantage of noise, which is affirmed by other studies. 14 Reducing this problem or perhaps create more comfort in another way or by other making the interior more 'sexy' might attract more passengers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Passenger reasons for mobility transition from jet to train and turboprop

Vink¹,

Vledder²,

Monteiro³

et al. 2022

AAOAJ

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“…Turboprop aircraft are more environmentally friendly for short-haul flights due to less carbon emission compared to turbojet aircraft [1]. The problem of these type of aircraft is that they generate more noise and vibration due to the propellers and engine [2]. The difference compared to turbojet aircraft could be 10 to 30 decibel [3].…”

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Validation of a turboprop cabin demonstrator

Reichherzer,

Norrefeldt,

Herbig

et al. 2024

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Turboprop aircraft should be improved as they are more environmentally friendly aircraft compared to turbojet aircraft but noise and vibration are often too high for passengers. A simple and uncomplicated way to carry out experiments is using a demonstrator. To determine whether the demonstrator represents the reality, it must be validated. In this project, real flights were first conducted in a turboprop aircraft. During two 70-minute flights, 94 subjects answered questions about symptoms, mood or comfort levels related to noise and vibration, among other things. In the next step, investigations will be carried out in the demonstrator under the same conditions as the real flights. Both results will be compared with each other. If the data from the demonstrator corresponds to that of the real flights, the demonstrator is considered to have been successfully validated. The requirement for this is that the demonstrator data lies within the confidence intervals of the results from the real flights. The aim is to validate a full-scale on-ground demonstrator of a regional turboprop aircraft cabin that will be used for multiple tests like subject tests and comfort evaluation, composite materials and structures, systems and energy consumption.

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“…A barrier to wider acceptance of turboprops has been the perception that they are uncomfortable due to the tonal nature of the noise and vibration. This has been highlighted with the 2022 announcement of a more comfortable ATR model with reduced noise and vibration, including a redesigned propeller (ATR, 2022) Individual space, the thermal environment, hygiene, noise and vibration are concerns for aircraft passengers (Bouwens, Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, & Vink, 2018;Mansfield, West, Vanheusden, & Faulkner, 2021). To target future aircraft development, manufacturers need a tool by which technological innovation can be prioritized.…”

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Multi-factorial modeling of comfort in an aircraft cabin considering thermal, noise, and vibration metrics

Mansfield

Aggarwal

Vanheusden

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the 7th International Digital Human Modeling Symposium -

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Comfort in aircraft cabins is influenced by many ergonomic and physical environment factors. For reasons of sustainability, the fleet of future regional passenger aircraft are expected to have an increased proportion that are propeller powered. Current turboprop regional aircraft have a reputation for being noisy and exposing passengers to vibration. Laboratory studies have simulated the aircraft cabin including noise, vibration and thermal stressors and sought subjective responses from volunteers. These data were used to build multi-factorial models of comfort in an aircraft cabin. Two modelling approaches were used: second order polynomial curve fitting allowed for prediction of subjective ratings from measurements of noise and vibration at discrete temperatures. A multi-factorial model including noise, vibration, and thermal parameters was developed using a linear regression machine-learning approach. This model allows for the prediction of subjective responses within a range of noise, vibration, and temperature levels that are experienced in aircraft.

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Comfort in the Regional Aircraft Cabin: Passenger Priorities

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Passenger reasons for mobility transition from jet to train and turboprop

Passenger reasons for mobility transition from jet to train and turboprop

Validation of a turboprop cabin demonstrator

Multi-factorial modeling of comfort in an aircraft cabin considering thermal, noise, and vibration metrics

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