Supersonic jet noise and flow dynamics represent a critical area of research within aerospace engineering, intertwining the study of high-speed fluid mechanics, shock-wave generation and acoustic ...

Discussion of the noise problem around O’Hare International Airport has mostly centered not on the aircraft itself but on scheduling, flight paths, runway direction and sound insulation for homes and ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are using Argonne supercomputers to to look for new ways to reduce the noise produced by jet engines. Among the loudest sources of human-made noise that ...

SEATTLE – More than 74,000 people on Whidbey Island could face long-term health impacts from the U.S. Navy jet noise that’s blasted over residents several days a week for over a decade, new research ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley wants to know why the Federal Aviation Administration is taking more than four years to finish a study on the impact of jet noise on communities — a review that could lead to an ...

Anyone living near an airport will tell you that combustion engines can be pretty noisy things. The combustion process in jet and other industrial engines can generate sound waves so powerful they can ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--A radically redesigned passenger jet could alleviate a major complaint of people who live near major airports--the deafening sound of planes taking off and landing. A team of 40 ...

The Air Force says that within a few weeks it will release a list of preferred bases for the next generation fighter aircraft, which is now being flight-tested. As many as 200 bases around the country ...

A scientists is using ALCF resources to create high fidelity simulations of jet turbulence to determine how and where noise is produced. The results may lead to novel engineering designs that reduce ...

U.S. airlines are all set to take off into the jet age when Pan American World Airways begins flights to Europe around Nov. 1 with Boeing’s 707, and American Airlines starts domestic jet service early ...

Recently some Carmel Valley residents have been making noise about the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar jets—while some call it “the sound of freedom,” others lament that it is a “nuisance” that seems ...