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+++ title = "Inertial Sensors" author = ["Dehaeze Thomas"] draft = false category = "equipment" +++
- Tags
- [Position Sensors]({{< relref "position_sensors.md" >}})
Review of Absolute (inertial) Position Sensors
- Collette, C. et al., Review: inertial sensors for low-frequency seismic vibration measurement <collette12_review>
- Collette, C. et al., Comparison of new absolute displacement sensors <collette12_compar>
{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/collette12_absolute_disp_sensors.png" caption="<span class="figure-number">Figure 1: Dynamic range of several types of inertial sensors; Price versus resolution for several types of inertial sensors" >}}
Accelerometers
| Manufacturers | Country |
|---|---|
| Micromega Dynamics | Belgium |
| MMF | Germany |
| PCB | USA |
| Guralp | UK |
| Nanometric | Canada |
| Kistler | Swiss |
| Beran | UK |
| Althen | Netherlands |
Wireless Accelerometers
{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/inertial_sensors_characteristics_accelerometers.png" caption="<span class="figure-number">Figure 2: Characteristics of commercially available accelerometers <collette11_review>" >}}
Geophones and Seismometers
| Manufacturers | Country |
|---|---|
| Sercel | France |
| Wilcoxon | USA |
| Geospace technologies | USA |
| Ion | USA |
| Streckeisen | Swiss |
| Guralp | UK |
| Nanometric | Canada |
{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/inertial_sensors_characteristics_geophone.png" caption="<span class="figure-number">Figure 3: Characteristics of commercially available geophones <collette11_review>" >}}