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rahul.kumar@LIGO.ORG - posted 10:11, Friday 06 June 2025 (84832)
B&K measurement of the periscope in staging building (for HAM1 70Hz investigation) - peak at 48Hz

To investigate the 70Hz feature in HAM1 chamber, which Jim reported in his alog (LHO 84638) I started looking into the structural resonances of the periscope which is installed in HAM1 (see two pictures which TJ sent me, was taken by Corey here - view01, view02) .

Betsy, handed me a periscope (similar but not exactly the same) for investigation purpose, which is now setup in staging building. I attached an accelerometer to the top of the periscope and connected it to the front end of the B&K setup for hammer impact measurements - see picture of the experimental setup here

At first I used two dog clamps to secure the periscope. The results of the two dog clamp B&K measurement is shown in this plot (data from 0.125 to 200Hz)) - one can see a 39Hz feature in the Z hit direction. See zoomed-in (30-100Hz) figure here.

Next, I attached a third dog clamp, just like in HAM1 chamber and took a second round of measurements (especially for Z direction impact). 

This plot compares the two vs three dog clamps scenario on the periscope and one can see that the resonance mode has been pushed up from 39Hz to 48Hz. 

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