AbstractInertial transducers that measure horizontal movement are affected by rotation of the measurement location. In this paper, the effect of rotation is expressed quantitatively as a fraction of the translational signal amplitude and is shown to depend inversely on the effective radius of rotation of the measurement location and the square of the frequency component of the signal.Correction procedures are presented for various cases that arise in the determination of modal amplitudes and mode shapes for tower structures, suspension bridges and frame building structures. Specific numerical results are included for the CN Tower and the Commerce Court Building in Toronto, Canada, and the Lions' Gate Suspension Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. Rotational effects on signals obtained from horizontal transducers can be significant for very low frequency tower structures and suspension bridges, but are not likely to be of importance for frame buildings.
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