International Comparison of Acceleration Standards - Preliminary Results of SIM Project AV-1

Published

November 1, 1999

Author(s)

Gustavo Ripper, Beverly F. Payne, G Silva Pineda

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results obtained in an international intercomparison of the calibration of acceleration standards by participating laboratories of the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM). Participating laboratories were the National Metrology Institutes of five american countries, i.e., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST - U.S.A.), National Research Council (NRC - Canada), Centro Nacional de Metrolog a (CENAM - Mexico), Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normaliza o e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO - Brazil) and Instituto Nacional de Tecnolog a Industrial (INTI - Argentina). Interferometric calibrations of three standard accelerometers and calibration of a signal conditioner were performed by each of the participating laboratories. A brief description of the experimental procedures and preliminary results for the accelerometers calibration are given in this paper.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of COBEM '99, 15th Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering

Conference Dates

November 22-29, 1999

Conference Location

Sao Paulo, 1, BR

Conference Title

Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering

Pub Type

Conferences

Keywords

accelerometer, calibration, intercomparison, interferometry

Citation

Ripper, G. , Payne, B. and Silva Pineda, G. (1999), International Comparison of Acceleration Standards - Preliminary Results of SIM Project AV-1, Proceedings of COBEM '99, 15th Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Sao Paulo, 1, BR (Accessed December 26, 2024)