Research Article

Design and Optimization of a Triangular Shear Piezoelectric Acceleration Sensor for Microseismic Monitoring

Table 3

Ten design variables and their size ranges.

Design variableDescriptionReference size (mm)Size range (mm)

Seismic mass diameter2726–28
Seismic mass height1110–12
Insulation sheet thickness1.51.4–1.6
Conductive sheet thickness0.30.25–0.35
Conductive sheet height98–9
Piezoelement thickness0.50.4–0.6
Piezoelement height87–8
Base triangular prism height1110–12
Base thickness97–9
Base inscribed circle outer diameter3130–32