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Measurement of cabin pressure during a flight with a smartphone

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics 2024-02-28 v1 Physics Education Popular Physics

Abstract

An aircraft cabin is used as a laboratory for studying the atmospheric pressure during a flight. All the different steps of the flight: take-off, cruise altitude climbing and landing are monitored with the use of the pressure sensor of a smartphone. Specific details of the atmospheric pressure during take-off and landing are given. Calculations are done for the aircraft nose elevation angle during take-off, with the relation between the optimized cabin pressure for the passenger comfort and the aircraft altitude.

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@article{arxiv.2402.17035,
  title  = {Measurement of cabin pressure during a flight with a smartphone},
  author = {Regis Barille},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17035},
  year   = {2024}
}