BOOMtistics
Using data generated by actual flight tests conducted at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and data collected from NASA noise laboratories, app developers should construct a visualization of low boom as it compares to normal sonic boom. Currently noise data is either illustrated with ‘contours’ around airport runways and surrounding areas or presented numerically in decibels. Can an app be developed that allows people to ‘see’ the difference between low boom and normal sonic boom over their geographical area? Such an app would help visual learners to grasp the difference more rapidly than traditional data displays.
Have you ever, got frustrated while you looking for sources (especially statistics) on Sonic Boom or Low Boom? Have you ever wonder, whether your materials/items can withstand the impact that caused by Low Boom or Sonic Boom? Now, you have worry no more because we are going to introduce you all, our very own, BOOMtistic!
So, what is Boomtistic? Boomtistic is a web application that allows you to:-
1. View whether you area had been affected by the Sonic Boom or Low Boom;
2. View the flight path or area where Sonic Boom or Low Boom often occured;
3. View all the statistics that caused by Sonic Boom or Low Boom;
4. View the formula or methods on how we calculated the Sonic Boom, Low Boom and all the statistics that calculated by us;
5. Compare the statistics side by side;
6. Send the result to email, cloud storage;
7. Print the result.
Here is how you use it:-
1. First, select your location. You can either type it or select from the list. (pic link: http://imgur.com/icHZ7HL, http://imgur.com/6FJNQLL);
2. You can add destination if you want (pic link: http://imgur.com/uOMplfo);
3. Select a date. You can either type it or select from calendar. Optionally, you can also select duration instead of date (for example: 1 week, 4 months, 3 years). If you leave the date field out, the default value will be 1 month (pic link: http://imgur.com/tz2CjWU);
4. Result will be displayed once you have selected the location and date. You can select any of the result to view more details on the result (pic link: http://imgur.com/5deMdTQ);
5. If you click on Low Boom or Sonic Boom, this is what will appears (pic link: http://imgur.com/9QuOGiQ). It will show you the factors behind the result (why is it classified as Low Boom or Sonic Boom), how do we measure, what is Sonic Boom or Low Boom and how Low Boom and Sonic Boom affect us.
6. If you click on the stattistics (for example: noise level, overpressure, etc), this will be displayed (pic link: http://imgur.com/SuAhejl). It will shows you the result, a graph comparision on Low Boom and Sonic Boom, how do we calculate it and you can share the result to your friends too!
7. The graph is interactive graph. If you click on the line of the graph, you can view more detailed result (pic link: http://imgur.com/9Nb0WhK).
8. Other than that, you can also compare the statistic with another statistic (for example: compare statistic of noise level and overpressure) (pic link: http://imgur.com/6FgwCaG);
9. The result will be shown side by side (pic link: http://imgur.com/bBlF4Xz);
10. You can also click on the interactive graph to view more detailed result (pic link: http://imgur.com/e6F9avb).
