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2. Introduction Sensors & Sensor Design
Experimental
Mechanical sensitivity results
Comparisons with other sensors
Potentially significant mechanisms to sensor response
3. The ATR Sensor Four 35mm piezo bimorphs mounted on the same plane
Uses 4 PVC components
Pressure sensitivity estimate:
4. The ATR Sensor
5. The FDS Sensor Also has four piezo bimorphs
Used by F. Douglas Shields in wind noise correlation study1
Element is contained in PVC housing when deployed
Pressure sensitivity estimate:
6. The FDS Sensor
7. The TEST Sensor Built to test seismic cancellation
Uses two piezo bimorphs mounted to aluminum back-volume
Pressure sensitivity estimate:
8. The TEST Sensor
9. Experimental Setup Tested motion both in-plane and out-of-plane
Recorded on-axis and off-axis acceleration
Measurements taken in sound isolation booth
10. Experimental Setup
11. Data Collection & Analysis Linear sweeps from 0.1Hz to 10Hz
1,000 second duration at 500Hz sampling
Least-squares estimation to determine response magnitudes
Scaled sensor response by calibrated on-axis accelerometer response
Discarded data below 1Hz due to poor signal-to-noise conditions
15. Results: Mechanical Sensitivity ATR and FDS sensors appeared less sensitive to in-plane motion (~10-1)
TEST sensor responds almost identically to both types of motion above 4Hz
ATR behaves nearly flat out-of-plane
Both TEST & FDS sensors had appreciable response despite expected cancellation
18. Minimum Detection Minimum detectable acceleration based on peak sensitivity & noise:
19. Minimum Detection
20. Barometric Effect? Starovoit and Martysevich showed pressure difference was not significant for MB20003
Analysis not done for Chaparral 5
Average peak displacement:
Not significant relative to noise
21. Seismic-to-Acoustic Coupling Starovoit and Martysevich also showed that induced pressure dominated mechanical response below ~1.5Hz for MB20003
Described as piston effect
pressure sensitivity
density of air
speed of sound in air
23. Conclusion Mechanical Sensitivity
ATR: nearly flat mechanical response
FDS & TEST sensors had nonlinear response that decreased with frequency
Comparisons with other sensors
Mechanical response comparable to Chaparral 5
Minimum detectable accelerations
Possible response mechanisms
Barometric effect not noticeable
Coupled pressure wave dominates seismic response for all frequencies
24. Acknowledgements Dr. Henry Bass, Dr. Carrick Talmadge & Mr. Claus Hetzer (NCPA)
Mr. Shantharam Dravida (NCPA)
UW-River Falls McNair Scholars Program
Dr. Lowell McCann (UWRF)
UAF Geophysical Institute