PROJECTS
Funding
European
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Infrastructure Node
Total project cost
€5 913 950
EU Contribution
€4 096 034
Project website
Project Acronym
COSMA
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Transport policies
Environmental/Emissions aspects
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport
Overview
Call for proposal
FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context
The COSMA project concerns the development of engineering criteria for aircraft design and operations in order to reduce the annoyance within airport communities due to aircraft exterior noise. Currently such criteria do not exist since aircraft noise engineering has historically focused on achieving ever lower noise levels for individual events and at close distance to the runway.
Objectives
The objectives of COSMA are:
- improve the understanding of noise annoyance effects due to aircraft in the airport surrounding community through field studies and dedicated psychometric testing - use these findings in setting up optimised aircraft noise shapes;
- develop techniques for a realistic synthesis aircraft noise around airports;
- validate the optimised aircraft noise shapes and their associated engineering guidelines - put in place an efficient knowledge management for design practices and scientific information on aircraft exterior noise annoyance effects.
Methodology
Through a comprehensive work plan, COSMA will ensure optimum exploitation of the scientific research results by reducing noise annoyance at source (whether by technological or operational means) through an improved understanding of the effects of aircraft noise in the airport surrounding community.
Under the technical guidance of industry experts, COSMA will integrate contributions from research organisations and SMEs, bringing together the multi-disciplinary background that is required for achieving the project objectives.
COSMA involves 21 partners from 9 different countries: Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Hungary.
Funding
Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
The European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Results
Interim results/ Achievements so far:
- Identification and Validation of operational and airports scenarios to be covered by laboratory testing.
- Aircraft and Powerplant Definitions aimed at the scenarios.
- Literature studies and associated recommendations for moderator variables.
- Public Website operational.
- First version of the long-term predictor based on the Frankfurt Study has been set up. Results show a mean prediction error below 10%. Based on parts of the conclusion, recommendation for annoyance examination field studies has been formulated.
- Best candidates as advanced aircraft sound quality descriptors have been identified.
- The first set of preliminary sequence sounds are currently been produced using recordings and target sounds generated in SEFA. To do this, an aircraft substitution table has been produced to match the operating fleet with the data available in the SEFA database. These preliminary sequences will be used only for the WP2 pre-tests.
- A specific computer tool to easily generate the desired sequence from a set of available single-event sounds has been produced and released to the consortium. The tool is designed to easily generate the sound files, the peaks profiles, and the sound level profiles using only public domain software.
- Low-noise optimised procedure and the associated sound spectra at the observation points have been produced, and provided to WP3 (Sound Engineering) partners for sound files synthesis. The resulting sound files will be the basis for the generation of the Scenario 3 sequences.
- The optimisation algorithm to be used for scenarios S4 and S5 has been defined.
Strategy targets
2. Innovating for the future; technology and behaviour.
Readiness
The final results of the project have yet to be presented.
Partners
Lead Organisation
Organisation
Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh
Address
Ludwig-Boelkow-Allee 1, 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€348 000
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Sass Acoustic Research & Design Gmbh
Address
Hagelkreuz 46, 45134 Essen, Germany
EU Contribution
€209 250
Organisation
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan
Address
Brinellvagen 8, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
EU Contribution
€316 800
Organisation
Safran Aircraft Engines
Address
2 Bvd Du General Martial-Valin, 75724 Paris, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€60 006
Organisation
Stichting Centrum Voor De Ontwikkeling Van Transport En Logistiek In Europa
Address
Van Nelleweg 1, 3044 BC Rotterdam, Netherlands
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€80 850
Organisation
Universite De Cergy-Pontoise
Address
BOULEVARD DU PORT 33, 95011 Cergy-Pontoise, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€237 600
Organisation
Airbus Operations Sas
Address
ROUTE DE BAYONNE 316, 31060 TOULOUSE, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€84 714
Organisation
Safran Engineering Services
Address
Rue Velasquez 10, 31700 Blagnac, France
EU Contribution
€43 500
Organisation
Budapest University Of Technology And Economics
Address
BUDAPEST, Muegyetem rakpart 3., 1111, Hungary
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€334 800
Organisation
Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii
Address
CORSO UMBERTO I, 40, 80138 NAPOLI, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€135 000
Organisation
Itap - Institut Fuer Technische Und Angewandte Physik Gmbh
Address
Marie-Curie-Strasse 8, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€191 670
Organisation
Deutsches Zentrum Fr Luft Und Raumfahrt E.v
Address
Linder Hoehe, 51147 KOELN, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€382 204
Organisation
Universita Degli Studi Roma Tre
Address
Via Ostiense 159, 154 Roma, Italy
EU Contribution
€213 840
Organisation
Siemens Industry Software Nv
Address
INTERLEUVENLAAN 68, 3001 LEUVEN, Belgium
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€232 000
Organisation
University Of Southampton
Address
Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€281 931
Organisation
Alenia Aermacchi Spa
Address
Viale Dell'aeronautica Snc, 80038 Pomigliano D'arco (Na), Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 300
Organisation
Zeus Gmbh, Zentrum Fur Angewandte Psychologie, Umwelt- Und Sozialforschung
Address
Sennbrink 46, 58093 Hagen, Germany
EU Contribution
€53 906
Organisation
Institut Francais Des Sciences Et Technologies Des Transports, De L'amenagement Et Des Reseaux
Address
BOULEVARD ISAAC NEWTON 14 CITE DESCARTES 14-20, 77447 MARNE LA VALLEE CEDEX 2, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€190 930
Organisation
01 Db-Metravib
Address
Chemin Des Ormeaux 200, 69760 Limonest, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€227 333
Organisation
Forschungsgesellschaft Fuer Arbeitsphysiologie Und Arbeitsschutz E.v.
Address
Ardeystrasse 67, 44139 DORTMUND, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€271 650
Organisation
Projecto, Empreendimentos, Desenvolvimento E Equipamentos Cientificos E De Engenharia
Address
Rua Rodrigo Da Fonseca 91/2D, 1250 190 Lisboa, Portugal
EU Contribution
€141 750
Technologies
Technology Theme
Noise testing, modelling and reduction
Technology
Methodologies and tools to mitigate the impact of aviation noise
Development phase
Research/Invention