Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Sep 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009dps....41.4604i&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #41, #46.04
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
A calibration and test facility has been developed for microseismometers designed to measure seismic data on planetary or lunar surfaces. The set-up allows the testing of microseismometers under vacuum, at temperatures from 300K down to 70K. In addition, the facility is designed for calibration of the microseismometers using a commercial broad-band seismometer as a reference, that remains at a constant temperature of 300K.
The facility consists of a solid granite block which acts as a support for both the commercial seismometer and the microseismometers to be tested. The entire set-up is isolated from ambient seismic noise by a 10 ton seismic mass and pneumatic isolators that are part of an existing calibration facility in a class 100 cleanroom at Oxford. The commercial seismometer sits on top of the horizontal granite slab and the microseismometers are mounted directly opposite, underneath the granite, on thermally isolated supports in a vacuum chamber and surrounded by a radiative cooling system. A small oscillating mass will be coupled to the granite in such a way as to provide identical vibrations to both seismometers. The performance of the microseismometers may thus be characterised as a function of temperature and pressure.
The facility also incorporates a dual fibre-optic laser vibrometer system which can measure the surface vibrations of the microseismometer accommodation relative to the base of the granite. This allows the characterisation of the mechanical transfer function of the thermally isolating legs supporting the microseismometers, as well as the absolute motion recorded on each instrument.
This work is supported by the STFC.
Bowles Neil E.
Calcutt Simon B.
Flynn William
Irshad Ranah
Pike William T.
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