20140180609 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING THE DEFLECTION AND/OR THE STIFFNESS OF A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE - A method for establishing the deflection and/or the stiffness of a supporting structure which is subjected to a load. The method includes the steps of moving a measurement vehicle along the supporting structure, the vehicle having a loaded axle, a first measuring system being a first versine system and a second measuring system being one of an inertia based system and a second versine system. At a predetermined sampling rate, two sets of levels are measured using the two measuring systems. The two sets of levels are converted or transformed such that they relate to the same reference system and, thereafter, for each pair of sampled levels, the difference between the two levels is calculated such that the contribution to the measurements originating from unloaded irregularities in the supporting structure is eliminated, whereafter the deflection and/or the stiffness of the supporting structure is established from the calculated difference. | 06-26-2014 |