{"id":777697,"date":"2024-02-22T17:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T22:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777697"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T22:43:55","slug":"nasa-instruments-will-listen-for-supersonic-x-59s-quiet-thump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777697","title":{"rendered":"NASA Instruments Will Listen for Supersonic X-59\u2019s Quiet \u2018Thump\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA Tests Ground Recording Equipment for X-59\u2019s Future Quiet Supersonic Flights\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cfa0xISnNYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NASA recently completed a series of tests to reduce risks prior to Phase 2 of its Quesst mission, which will test the ability of the X-59 experimental aircraft to make sonic booms quieter. Credits: NASA\/Steve Parcel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA\u2019s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique \u2013 it\u2019s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without causing a loud sonic boom. To confirm the X-59\u2019s ability to fly supersonic while only producing quiet sonic \u201cthumps,\u201d NASA needs to be able to record these sounds from the ground. The agency recently completed tests aimed at understanding equipment and procedures needed to make those recordings.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Carpet Determination In Entirety Measurements (CarpetDIEM) flights examined the quality and ruggedness of a new generation of ground recording systems, focusing on how to deploy the systems for X-59 testing, and retrieve the data they collect. In all, researchers set up 10 microphone stations over a 30-mile stretch of desert near NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to answer questions like how many people does it take to go out and service these instruments on a daily basis, how to get the data back, how many vehicles are needed \u2013 all those sorts of things on how we operate,\u201d said Forrest Carpenter, principal investigator for the third flight series, known as CarpetDIEM III. \u201cWe\u2019re kind of learning how to dance now so that when we get to the big dance, we\u2019re ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The X-59 itself is not yet flying, so using an F-15 and an F-18 from NASA Armstrong, the CarpetDIEM III testing involved 20 supersonic passes with speeds ranging from Mach 1.15 to Mach 1.4, at altitudes ranging from 40,000 to 53,000 feet. Three of the passes involved an F-18 conducting a special inverted dive maneuver to simulate a quiet sonic boom, with one getting as quiet as 67 perceived level decibels, a measure of the perceived noisiness of the jet for an observer on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the X-59 sonic thump to be as low as about 75 perceived loudness decibels,\u201d said Larry Cliatt, sub-project manager for the Quesst acoustic validation phase. \u201cThat is a lot quieter than the Concord, which was over 100 perceived loudness decibels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In order to measure these very quiet sonic thumps, the ground recording systems used in the CarpetDIEM flights were calibrated to measure as low as about 50 perceived loudness decibels \u2013 the equivalent to being in the room with a running refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>CarpetDIEM III also validated the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, an existing technology flown on all commercial aircraft and most private aircraft to report speed and position. This system triggers the ground recording systems to begin recording.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t have 70 different people at every single instrumentation box,\u201d Cliatt said. \u201cWe had to find a way to automate that process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recording systems are designed to withstand the desert elements, the extreme heat of summer and the cold of winter, and to be resistant to damage from wildlife, such as chewing by rodents, coyotes, and foxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get to Phase 2 of the Quesst mission, we expect to be doing these recordings of sonic thumps for up to nine months,\u201d Cliatt said. \u201cWe need to be able to have instrumentation and operations that can facilitate such a long deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another lesson learned \u2013 setup time for the recording stations was just under an hour, compared to the anticipated 2 1\/2 hours. Given the performance of the systems, the team will assess whether they need to visit all the sites every day of Phase 2 testing.<\/p>\n<p>The team also learned about the coordination and documentation processes needed for such research, both with internal organizations, such as NASA Armstrong\u2019s Environmental and Safety offices, and with outside parties including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which gave approval to use public lands for the testing<\/li>\n<li>Law enforcement, which helped secure the test site<\/li>\n<li>The Federal Aviation Administration, which gave approval for NASA jets to fly outside the Edwards Air Force Base restricted airspace in order to conduct a portion of the CarpetDIEM tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To prepare for Quesst Phase 2, researchers expect to conduct practice sessions in 2024, incorporating all the lessons learned and best practices from all three phases of CarpetDIEM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-instruments-will-listen-for-supersonic-x-59s-quiet-thump\/?rand=772140\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA recently completed a series of tests to reduce risks prior to Phase 2 of its Quesst mission, which will test the ability of the X-59 experimental aircraft to make&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":777698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronautics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=777697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/777698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=777697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=777697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=777697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}