Open AccessOccupational noise exposure on a Royal Navy warship during weapon fire
Author(s) -
G.S. Paddan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
noise and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-4030
pISSN - 1463-1741
DOI - 10.4103/1463-1741.192474
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , crew , noise (video) , navy , sound pressure , hearing protection , port (circuit theory) , structural engineering , acoustics , aeronautics , engineering , marine engineering , telecommunications , electrical engineering , hearing loss , physics , computer science , audiology , medicine , archaeology , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , history
Measurements were made of the sound pressure levels on a military ship HMS Grimsby during firing of a Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) mounted on the starboard bridge wing. The measurement positions comprised three locations on the ship's bridge (the wheelhouse) and one location on the starboard bridge wing. Equipment and Procedure: The three locations on the bridge were the starboard door, centre and port door. A total of 255 burst firings were measured during the survey comprising 850 rounds with each burst encompassing from 1 to 10 rounds.