This recommended practice covers piezoelectric acceleration transducers, primarily those used in aerospace test instrumentation.
Terminology used in this document follows ISA-S37.1, Nomenclature and Specification Terminology for Aerospace Test Transducers with Electrical Output, except that additional terms considered applicable to piezoelectric vibration transducers are defined in 4.3.
Purpose
This recommended practice establishes the following for piezoelectric acceleration transducers:
Uniform minimum general specifications for design and performance characteristics.
Uniform minimum acceptance and qualification test methods, including calibration.
Uniform presentation of minimum test data.
A drawing symbol for use in schematics.
