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This part of ISO 10846 specifies a driving point method for determining the low-frequency transfer stiffness for translations of resilient supports, under a specified preload. The method concerns the laboratory measurement of vibrations and forces on the input side with the output side blocked, and is called the "driving point method".

The stiffness resulting from measuring the input displacement (velocity, acceleration) and input force is the dynamic driving point stiffness. Only at low frequencies, where the driving point stiffness and the transfer stiffness are equal, can this method be used for determination of the dynamic transfer stiffness.

NOTE 1   In ISO 10846-2, the direct method for measuring the dynamic transfer stiffness is covered. The direct method covers the determination of the low-frequency dynamic transfer stiffness and it covers, in principle, a wider frequency range than the driving point method. Nevertheless, the driving point method is covered in the ISO 10846 series of international standards as well. It is considered as a valuable option for owners of (often expensive) test rigs for driving point stiffnness measurements, to extend the use of these rigs with the determination of low-frequency dynamic transfer stiffness.