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PCB Piezotronics offers technical information, papers, and article reprints for topics related to the measurement of acceleration, shock, vibration, acoustics, pressure, load, force, torque, and strain.

Available electronic versions of this information are offered below. Printed matter that is listed in the rear of our comprehensive catalogs is availalble upon request.

Web Pages Containing General Information

PDF Documents Regarding General Topics

G0001E General Guide to ICP^® Instrumentation.
Incoming Inspection Guide for ICP^® sensors.
A Smart Sensor Signal Conditioner for Monitoring and Analyzing Dynamic Signals.
NDT Resonant Acoustic Method Technique for On-Line Defect Detection During Metal Parts Production.

PDF Documents Regarding Vibration, Shock, and Acceleration Measurements

Accelerometer transverse sensitivity measurement using planar orbital motion
Accelerometer shock sensitivity calibration using a pneumatic exciter
Diagnosing Vibration Problems with Embedded Sensitivity Functions - Sound and Vibration/April 2003.
Streamlined Test Setup with TEDS Technology
TN-17 Accelerometer Selection Considerations: Charge and ICP^® Integrated Circuit Piezoelectric.
TN-11 Calculating Rise Time Capabilities for Shock and Blast Measurements.
TN-16 Technical note addresses the use of Placebo Transducers.
TN-19 The Shock Spectrum: What Is It?
TN-23 Pyroshock Explained.
TN-24 Selecting Accelerometers for and Assessing Data from Mechanical Shock Measurements.
TN-25 How High in Frequency Are Accelerometer Measurements Meaningful.
TN-26 Why is MEMS the Preferred Technology for High Shock Measurement?

PDF Documents Regarding Industrial Vibration Monitoring

TN-14 White paper discusses the technology behind the Patented Model 682A05 Bearing Fault Detector.

PDF Documents Regarding Acoustic Measurements

Source Identification Using Acoustic Array Techniques. From the Proceedings of the SAE Noise and Vibration Conference, Vol 2, pp 1023-1035, Traverse City, MI, May 1995.

PDF Documents Regarding Pressure Measurements

TN-12 Technical note addresses Air Blast Measurements (Part 1).
TN-13 Technical note addresses Air Blast Measurements (Part 2).
TN-18 Technical note addresses Air Blast Measurements (Part 3).
TN-21 Technical note addresses Air Blast Measurements (Part 4).
TN-22 Technical note addresses Air Blast Measurements (Part 5).
TN-15 Technical note addresses Dynamic Pressure Calibration.
TN-11 Calculating Rise Time Capabilities for Shock and Blast Measurements.
TN-27 Measuring Static Overpressures in Air Blast Environments
TN-28 Measuring Underwater Explosions: Transducers and Their Application

PDF Documents Regarding Force and Load Measurements

TN-9 Technical note addresses Shunt Calibration technique for strain gage load cells.

PDF Documents Regarding Torque Measurements

TN-10 Technical note addresses Extraneous Load Limits for TORKDISC^® rotary torque sensors.