Published April 7, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Vibration isolation support design for the SCHENBERG detector

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE, Avenida dos Astronautas, 1758, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP 12227-010 (Brazil)

Description

We designed a mechanical isolation system for a spherical resonant gravitational wave detector we are building in Brazil. We have used the finite element method to perform the dynamical analysis. The system is a multiple stage passive pendulum formed by cylinders joined by C springs and rods. Our results showed that the designed system could allow a 280 dB attenuation factor in the bandwidth, from 3.1 to 3.2 kHz, where the SCHENBERG detector will be sensitive

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/1985/q207a3.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1985-1989
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG