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  2. Aircraft noise pollution - Wikipedia

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    Noise-generating aircraft propeller. Aircraft noise is noise pollution produced by an aircraft or its components, whether on the ground while parked such as auxiliary power units, while taxiing, on run-up from propeller and jet exhaust, during takeoff, underneath and lateral to departure and arrival paths, over-flying while en route, or during landing.

  3. Environmental impact of aviation - Wikipedia

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    Air traffic causes aircraft noise, which disrupts sleep, adversely affects children's school performance and could increase cardiovascular risk for airport neighbours. [47] Sleep disruption can be reduced by banning or restricting flying at night , but disturbance progressively decreases and legislation differs across countries.

  4. Cruise lines and ports are banking on shore power. What does ...

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    Some of the power goes toward spinning propellers to move a ship through the water, but a large percentage – sometimes more than half – is used for lighting, air conditioning and other ...

  5. Toroidal propeller - Wikipedia

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    A toroidal propeller is a type of propeller that is ring-shaped with each blade forming a closed loop. The propellers are significantly quieter at audible frequency ranges, between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, while generating comparable thrust to traditional propellers. In practice, toroidal propellers reduce noise pollution in both aviation and maritime ...

  6. Contra-rotating propellers - Wikipedia

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    Contra-rotating propellers Contra-rotating propellers on the Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered P-51XR Mustang Precious Metal at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Aircraft equipped with contra-rotating propellers (CRP) [1] coaxial contra-rotating propellers, or high-speed propellers, apply the maximum power of usually a single piston engine or turboprop engine to drive a pair of coaxial propellers in contra ...

  7. Air travel is breaking records, but a lack of planes could ...

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    There is also a global shortage of spare parts, which means that planes need more downtime for maintenance, and some of the new-generation aircraft have reliability issues. Both issues mean more ...

  8. Health and environmental impact of transport - Wikipedia

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    The health and environmental impact of transport is significant because transport burns most of the world's petroleum.This causes illness and deaths from air pollution, including nitrous oxides and particulates, and is a significant cause of climate change through emission of carbon dioxide.

  9. P-factor - Wikipedia

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    P‑factor, also known as asymmetric blade effect and asymmetric disc effect, is an aerodynamic phenomenon experienced by a moving propeller, [1] wherein the propeller's center of thrust moves off-center when the aircraft is at a high angle of attack.