Contents Kistler Measures Acceleration 4 Product Information Product Overview Design and Use of Piezoelectric accelerometers 6 Acceleration Capacitive Accelerometers 8 22 15 Acceleration Measuring Systems Vibration 10 26 Accelerometer Mounting 11 Acoustic Emission 42 Product Information 14 ­80 Triaxial 44 Impulse Piezoelectric Theory 82 54 Capacitive Accelerometer Theory 88 Electronics & Software 60 Glossary 90 Accessories 68 Kistler ­ Customer Service 92 The Kistler Spectrum 94 Calibration 78 Kistler Applications 96 Kistler in Brief 98 Technical Literature www.kistler.com 100 3