Accelerometer
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Accelerometer
The accelerometer is used to sense the vibrations of the specimen
caused by the impact of a hardened steel ball. In order for the
accelerometer to receive the vibrations, it should be in intimate
contact with the surface of the specimen. The sensing front of the
accelerometer should be touching the specimen. The use of the
accelerometer support allows placing the accelerometer at the
required location. The accelerometer should be inserted through
the rubber ring and then the cable should be connected to the
accelerometer microdot connector. The accelerometer does not
need to be screwed to the mounting stud base when using it with
the accelerometer support. The testing setup using the
accelerometer support is shown in Fig.18.
Figure 17: Accelerometer
Figure 18: Testing setup using the accelerometer support
