A simplified cylindrical model of an aircraft fuselage is used to study experimentally the effect of an internal floor on low-frequency sound transmission into aircraft cabins. A geometrically scaled lattice floor support and floor skin are designed based on selected characteristics of a business aircraft. The pressure amplitude at various interior locations is presented along with a modal decomposition of the associated shell response. Results indicate that the main effect of the floor on interior pressure levels is due to a modification of the interior acoustic mode shape and not due to the structural modification of the fuselage model caused by the lattice floor support. Thus, the model provides a simplified procedure for studying the influence of various structural modifications as well as other important effects. Nomenclature a = radius of test cylinder, 0.254 m A n = complex modal amplitude coefficients, Eq. (la) B n = complex modal amplitude coefficients, Eq. (lb) / = frequency (Hz) m = number of axial half waves n = circumferential mode number N p = number of measuring positions p = 1,2,3,...,r ,Q,x = cylindrical coordinates w = radial displacement e n = Neumann factor: e 0 = 1; e n = 2, n > 0