Force Plates
force plate Our lab has two Kistler and 2 Bertec force plates hidden in the middle of the walkway. The multicomponent measuring force plate is a piezoelectric transducer for measuring the following variables:
  • the 3 components Fx, Fy, and Fz of a force F acting on the platform
  • the 3 components Mx, My, and Mz of the resulting moment vector M related to the origin of the coordinate system
  • the 2 coordinates ax and ay of the force application point on the force plate surface
  • the free moment M'z about an axis normal to the platform surface

The electrical charges yielded by the force plate are strictly proportional to the measurand. They are converted by charge amplifiers into analog DC voltages which are then recorded and processed by the VICON 612 system.

Kistler's web site may be found at: http://www.kistler.com/

Bertec's web site may be found at: http://www.bertec.com