Level.Tools has developed a so-called heel drop plate. This is a sensor to measure the impedance of a floor under the pre-stressed condition of the researcher’s own weight. This might be required to know for example in connection with the HIVOSS/SBR guideline for vibrations due to walking. The weight of the researcher serves as the preload. Downside of this method is that the force with which the floor is excited is not exactly known. The heel drop plate is a measurement instrument that is developed to perform a heel drop and know the force with which the floor is excited during the measurement.
The sensor consists of three force sensors between 2 plates and is accurate for frequencies between 1 and 100 Hz. The heel drop plate is for example used for measuring the OS-RMS90, the parameter used in norms for vibrations in floors.
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