We started the work on Monday afternoon in the dedicated shift (May 14) but then we stopped because the ITF started behaving very glitchy and we handed off the shift to ISC team, then on Wednesday morning (May 16) we borrowed 2 hours shift to conclude the work. This time we used the electronic hammer (ENV_HAMMER) which provides a reference of the intensity of the tappings. We tapped all around the SDB1 tower (all four big flanges) on the mini-links between SDB1 and SDB2 at various locations (as detailed below) then on the SDB2 tank and the SQZ pipe. We saw sensitivity structures rising particularly in the region around 400Hz, the impression is that the SDB1 tower flanges and the B5 minilink are the most sensitive. A detailed analyis will follow. When tapping inside DET Lab we used one mini-accelerometer to monitor the excited mechanichal modes of the structure where we were tapping, the accelerometer was named ENV_DET_MINIACC. A detailed analysis will follow.
A detailed list of the tappings time and location follows.
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Tapping tests performed on Monday May 14
All times are given in UTC. They correspond approximately to the start time of the tapping tests. Each measurement lasted for about 20 s, unless otherwise noted.
1/ Taping tests on DT west flange:
- first attempt at 1210344687 May14,18-14:51:27 UTC
- second attempt (same conditions as before) 14:52:41 UTC
2/ Taping tests on DT south flange:
WARNING: at 14:55 utc: ladder dropping on the ground, big noise, but ITF stay locked!!!
- 14:55:58 utc
- with softer hammering, same location: 14:57:05
3/ taping on tower cylinder (south west corner)
- 15:01:05
4/ taping on shoulder (rib) of tower
- 15:01:57
DET LAB
5/ Taping on east flange:
- 15:47:16
6/ taping on SDB2 vacuum vessel
- 15:49:02 (little effect)
7/ B5 minilink viewport
- 15:51:41
- softer taping: 15:53:45
8/ B5 minilink middle:
- 15:54:48 (WARNING: glitch about 10s later)
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Taping tests on wednesday May 16
1/ B1p minilink viewport (mini accel on B1p viewport)
- 07:49:25
2/ B1p minilink middle
- 07:50:22
3/ B1p bellow
- 07:51:04
4/ B1p minilink, taping close to minitower:
- 07:51:38 (mini accelerometer still on B1p viewport)
- 07:53:30 (after moving mini accelerometer on the other side of the bellow)
5/ Hartmann mini link, middle (mini accel on Hartmann viewport?)
- 07:55:01
- Hartmann viewport at 07:56:01
6/ Repeat B5 minilink middle (accel at middle of pipe)
- 07:58:07
7/ Repeat B5 viewport
- 07:59:17
8/ B5 minilink, close to minitower side
- 08:01:00 (glitch ?)
- 08:01:30
9/ DT flange next to B5 viewport
- 08:02:34
10/DT east flange near center (20 cm from previous point)
- 08:03:39
11/ DT vessel (cylinder)
- 08:04:49
12/ SDB2 minitower vessel (with mini accel on SDB2)
- 08:07:46
13/ DT North flange (mini accel on B1p viewport)
- BIG flange: 08:12:43
- middle SQZ pipe 08:14:43
- SQZ viewport flange (along beam axis): 08:17:02
- SQZ viewport vertical axis 08:19:27
------------------ Attached figures:
Hammer test DT West flange (TF between hammer and accelerometer on the DT west flange, ENV_DT_W_FLANGE_ACC_Z)
Hammer test DT South flange (TF between hammer and accelerometer on the DT east flange, ENV_DT_ACC_Z)
Hrec when tapping on SDB1 west flange
Hrec when tapping on SDB1 South flange
Hrec when tapping on SDB1 tower south-west cylinder wall
Hrec when tapping on SDB1 tower south-west rib
------------------- Attached pictures:
B1p pipe, on window
B1p pipe, middle
Hartmann
B5 pipe
SDB1 tank
SQZ pipe