The measurement of time-dependent forces has gained particular importance over the past years. In this context, increasing demands on measurement accuracy have brought new challenges to be solved for the metrological community. Dynamic force measurements are widely used and play an important role in many industrial areas, for example in the field of material testing, automation and handling engineering, production engineering, vibration tests of mechanical and electronical components for the aerospace industry, and crash tests for safety standards in the automotive industry. Depending on the specific dynamic application, the nature of the dynamic force differs considerably from case to case. For example, sinusoidal (or periodic) forces are usually applied in fatigue tests, step-like and continuous forces in machining processes, and shock forces in crash tests. A requisite for reliable dynamic measurements is the establishment of an infrastructure for traceable dynamic measurements that is capable of covering such very different load conditions.
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