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KENNETH McK. ELDRED
Pages 84-91

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From page 85...
... MALING JR. KENNETH McKECHNIE ELDRED devoted his professional career to practical applications of a wide range of engineering noise and vibration control principles, helping to make both communities and industrialized portions of the world quieter.
From page 86...
... At the Wright Air Development Center, he directed research in the evaluation and abatement of Air Force noise sources, including both rockets and jet aircraft. His technical projects addressed the design of fatigue-resistant structures for high-speed aircraft and aerospace vehicles considering realistic acoustic, fluctuating aerodynamic, engine vibration environments and their characteristics, including proof tests required to qualify structure and equipment.
From page 87...
... , where he served as group vice president, principal consultant, and director of many outstanding professionals. They provided consulting services in environmental, transportation, and industrial acoustics; building vibrations; architectural acoustics; surface ship and submarine noise and vibration control; underwater sound; and signal processing, as well as a wide range of special national security projects for various federal government agencies.
From page 88...
... In 2002 an updated version of it was included in International Standard ISO 1996 Part 1 and in American National Standard ANSI S12.9 Part 4 but remained little used. Recent research on community tolerance for transportation noise exposure has confirmed that Ken's understanding was correct.
From page 89...
... As chair of the finance committee he was responsible for turning around the INCE/USA financial situation of 1976 to make INCE/USA vigilant on cost control and income generation. For the first time the Institute was operating in the black, and his insight into investment strategies in the early 1980s helped it continue to serve the noise control engineering community for many years.
From page 90...
... He was also an individual member of S1 and S2. Ken was a member of the DOT SST Advisory Panel for Noise, a consultant for the President's Aviation Advisory Commission, and principal consultant to the State of California Department of Aeronautics for the development of the first comprehensive regulations for airport noise.
From page 91...
... " There are other eyes watching him coming And other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here he comes! " – adapted from Henry Van Dyke, a 19th century clergyman The authors thank Paul Schomer and Richard Potter for their assistance with this tribute.


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