17–21 Jun 2013
Europe/Vienna timezone

The Broadband Seismometer

Not scheduled
Poster Theme 3: Advances in Sensors, Networks and Processing

Speaker

Valentin Gravirov (The Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPE RAS) / Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPT RAS))

Description

The seismometer is intended for mass observations. The pendulum of the seismometer has a period regulated up to 2 seconds . The feedback circuit is of the force-balance type. As the converter of fluctuations of the pendulum to an electric signal the differential capacitor converter is used with a resolution better 10E-10 m. The sensor electronic self-noise is below the NLNM from 100 sec to 10Hz. As a result the seismometer represents a force-balance velocimeter with a response as flat as possible in a range of frequencies 0.0083 – 40 Hz. Set includes one vertical and two horizontal seismometers, control and conditioning unit ("Host-box"). Vertical and horizontal seismometers are designed on the basis of physical pendula with identical mechanical parameters. The "host-box" contains a DC/DC converter, electronic feedback circuits, and other control, output and calibration signal distribution. The seismometer can automatically re-center the boom position. The "host-box" provides separate input to the calibration coil to allow individual excitation of the sensor.
Standard velocity response is flat from 120 seconds to 40 Hz.
The velocity response can be made flat up to 240 sec period if desired.

Primary author

Valentin Gravirov (The Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPE RAS) / Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPT RAS))

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