Tilting and vibration of the ``Skylab'' building at the South Pole

Details Tilting and vibration of the ``Skylab'' building at the South Pole Tilting and vibration of the ``Skylab'' building at the South Pole

Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990aipc..198...67s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics in Antarctica. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 198, pp. 67-70 (1990).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

1

Observatories And Site Testing

Scientific paper

The angular stability of a large building at the South Pole was measured using a tiltmeter for a period of 11 days. Both the top and bottom floors wobble by approximately 20 seconds of arc on a diurnal cycle, and show long-term drifts of up to 60 seconds of arc. The top floor also showed vibrations of up to 30 seconds of arc that were excited by people moving about in the building. These vibrations were not present in the ground floor. This building is not a suitable mounting platform for telescopes with stringent pointing requirements; its foundation does not vibrate, however, and indicate that such a platform could be built.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Tilting and vibration of the ``Skylab'' building at the South Pole does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Tilting and vibration of the ``Skylab'' building at the South Pole, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Tilting and vibration of the ``Skylab'' building at the South Pole will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1559870