A piezoelectric accelerometer is attached to a water pump to measure the vibration due to cavitation. Figure 1 shows the vibration spectrum of the pump vibration (in terms of g = 9.81 m/s^2) when it is operating at 4000 rpm with and without cavitation. The cavitation region of frequencies is denoted in the figure. If the accelerometer has a damping ratio of (the last TWO digits of your SQU Number/100), answer the following: a) What is the minimum natural frequency (fn) (in Hz) of the accelerometer such that the dynamic error is within 10%? b) Explain physically the meaning to have a Magnitude Ratio much greater than 1 (i.e., M >> 1) c) At what sampling frequency (fs) (in Hz) can the cavitation vibration be acquired accurately? d) What is the cut-off frequency (in Hz) of the anti-aliasing filter?
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Cavitation region
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