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. 2021 Sep 15;21(18):6191. doi: 10.3390/s21186191

Table 1.

Summary of the characteristics of the accelerometers commonly used in the literature.

Nº 1 Name 2 Price (€) 3 Acceleration Range (g) 4 Frequency Range (Hz) 5 Spectral Noise (µg/√Hz) 6 Operation Temperature (°C) 7 Structural Type 8 Type 9
1 3713B112G [33] 2070.0 ±2.0 [0.00, 250] 22.90 [−54, +121] Wind Turbine [34] Tri, M
2 356B08 [35] 1610.0 ±50.0 [0.50, 5000] 40.00 [−54, +77] Bridge Crane [36] Tri, P
3 356A45 [37] 1410.0 ±50.0 [0.70, 7000] 125.00 [−54, +85] Forward Swept Wing [38] Tri, P
4 356B18 [39] 1300.0 ±5.0 [0.50, 3000] 11.40 [−30, +77] Motorbike Speedway Stadium [40] Tri, P
5 KB12VD [41] 828.0 ±0.6 [0.30, 2000] 0.06 [−20, +80] Concrete School Building [42] Uni, P
6 3711B1110G [43] 870.0 ±10.0 [0.00, 1000] 107.90 [−54, +121] Railroad Bridges [44] Uni, M
7 KS48C [41] 750.0 ±6.0 [0.25, 130] 0.60 [−20, +120] Footway Bridge [45] Uni, P
8 393B12 [46] 820.0 ±0.5 [0.15, 1000] 1.30 [−54, +82] Historical Masonry Structures [47] Uni, P
9 393A03 [48] 710.0 ±5.0 [0.50, 2000] 2.00 [−54, +121] Brick Masonry Constituents [49] Uni, P
10 352A24 [50] 540.0 ±50.0 [1.00, 8000] 80.00 [−54, +121] Hallow Square Beams [51] Uni, P
11 352C33 [52] 380.0 ±50.0 [0.50, 10,000] 39.00 [−54, +93] Bridges [53] Uni, P
12 ADXL335 [54] 10.7 ±3.6 [0.50, 550] 300.00 [−40, +85] Bridges [55] Tri, M
13 LIS344ALH [56] 12.0 ±2.0 [1.00, 500] 50.00 [−40, +85] Steel beam [57] Tri, M
14 MPU9250 [3] 5.8 ±16.0 [0.24, 500] 300.00 [−40, +85] Steel Pile and Column [58] Tri, M
15 MPU6050 [59] 5.4 ±16.0 [0.24, 500] 400.00 [−40, +85] Building Model [60] Tri, M

Notes: 1 Sensor number. 2 Sensor name. 3 Sensor price: the prices are obtained from retailers (VAT excluded). 4 Acceleration range: the maximum acceleration amplitude capacity of the sensors. 5 Frequency range: the accurate, readable range of frequencies. 6 Spectral Noise: the power spectral density of noise per unit of bandwidth (1 Hz). 7 Operational temperature: temperature range where the sensor works accurately. 8 Structural type: where the sensors are used. 9 Type: Uni stands for uniaxial, Tri for triaxial, P for piezoelectric and M for MEMS (uniaxial accelerometers are only capable of sensing vibration from one axis, while triaxial ones can sense vibrations from all of the directions).