Bsi bs en 13481 2 2012 + a1 2017

Intr oduction A se ies of tes s isused to as es the suita i ty of fas ening sys ems for use in raiway track.. Measur ment of torsional r esis anc is inclu ed for use in as es ing the r i

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NORME EUROPÉENNE

Jan ary 2 1

E glish Ver sion

R ai w ay appl cations - Track - Performance requirements

for fastening sy st ems - Part 2: Fast ening systems for

Ap lc tions fer oviaires - Voie - Ex ig enc s de

perormanc e pour les systèmes de fix ation - Parie 2:

Systèmes de fix ation pour taver es en béton

Bah anw en u g en - Oberbau -

Leisu g sanforderu g en für

S hienen efesig ung ssysteme - Tei 2:

Befestig ung ssysteme für Betonschwelen

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an A men ment 1ap r oved b C N on 5Ju e 2016

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E rope n Stan ard the satus of a national san ar d without an alteration Up-to-date lss an biblog rap ic al referenc es

c nc rnin such national san ards may be obtained on ap lc ation to the C N-C NE E Manag ement Centre or to an C N

member

This E rope n Stan ard ex ists in thre oficial v er ions (E g lish, French, German) A ver ion in an other lang uage made b

t anslation u der the responsibi ty of a C N member into it own lang uag e an notified to the C N-C NE E Manag ement

Cente has the same satus as the oficial ver ions

C N member are the national san ards bodies of Ausria, Belg ium, B lg aria, Cro tia, Cy prus, Cz ch R ep blc, Denmark, Esonia,

Finlan , Former Yug oslav R ep blc of Mac edonia, Franc e, Germany, Gre c , Hu g ary, Ic lan , Irelan , Italy , Latvia, Lith ania,

L x embourg, Malta, Netherlan s, Norway, Polan , Porug al, R omania, S rbia, Slov akia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switz rlan ,

Turkey an United K ing dom

EUR OP A N COMMIT E FOR STANDA R DIZA ION

COMITÉ EU OP EN DE NO MALISA ION

EU OPÄISCHES KOMITE FÜ NORMUNG

C N-C NE E Manag ement C ntre: Av n e Marnix 1 , B-1 0 Brus els

© 2 1 CEN A ll rig hts of ex ploitation in any form an b any me ns r eser ved

w orldw ide for CEN national Memb r s

Ref No EN 1 48 -2:2 1 +A 1:2 1 E

Contents Pag e

Eur ope n for ewor d 3

Intr oduc tio 5

1 Scope 6

2 Nor mative r efer ences 6

3 Ter ms and definitio s 7

4 Symbols 7

5 Requir ements 9

5.1 L ngitudinal r ai r estr aint 9

5.2 Tor sio al r esistanc e 9

5.3 A ttenuatio of impac t loads 9

5.4 Pad and as embly stifnes 9

5.5 Efect of r epe ted loading 10

5.6 Elec tr ical r esistanc e offastening sy stem and sle per 11

5.7 Efect of ex posur e to sever e envir onmental c onditions 11

5.8 Dimensions 11

5.9 Efect of fastening system toler anc es o tr ack gaug e 12

5.10 Clamping for ce 13

5.11 Cast- n an g lued- n fastening compo ents 13

5.12 In-ser vic e testing 13

5.13 A ttenuatio of noise a nd v ibr ation 13

6 Test specimens 13

7 Fitnes for pur pose 13

8 Mar king , labeling a nd packag ing 13

!A nnex A " ( infor mative) Vibr ation and noise 15

A 1 Gener al 15

A 2 Symbols 15

A 3 Par ameter s for envir onmental vibr atio calculatio s 15

A 4 Calculating the vibr ation at enuatio 16

A 5 Envir onmental noise 16

!A nnex ZA" (infor mative) Relatio ship betwe n this E r ope nStandar d and the Es ential Requir ements of EU Dir ective 20 8/57/E 17

Biblog r ap y 19

Eur opean forewor d

This document (EN 1 48 -2:2 1 +A 1:2 1 ) has be n pr par d b Te h ical C mmite CEN/TC2 6

“ R aiway a plcations”, the se r etar iat of which is held b DIN

This E ro ean Standard shal be given the status of a national s an ard, eithe b publcation of an

identical tex t or b en or sement, at the lates b July 2 1 , an conflcting national s an ards shal be

with rawn at the lates b July 20 7

A ttention is drawn to the p s ibi ty that some of the element of this document ma be the subje t of

p tent right CEN [an / r CENELEC] shal not be held r sp nsible for identifying any or al such p tent

rig ht

This document includes A men ment 1 a proved b CEN on 2 16-0 -0

This document super sedes !EN1 48 -2:2 1 "

The s art an finish of tex t introd c d or alte ed b amen ment is in icated in the tex t b tags!"

The main changes in thisr vision of EN 1 48 -2:2 0 ar as folows:

a) new categor iesof fastening systems have be n introd c d ( Clause 2, Ta le 1);

b) the rang es of tes lo ds have be n ex ten ed to co e the new categor ies of fas ening system (5.4,

Ta le 2 and 5.5, Ta le 3);

c) advic on the aten ation of noise an vibration has be n ad ed in a new an ex (A nnex B)

This E ro ean Stan ar d is one of the ser ies EN 1 481 "R ailwa a plic ations – Track – Pe f rma c

r q irement fr f stening systems " which consis s of the folowing p rt :

— Part 1: Definitio s

— Part 2: Fastening systems fr c onc rete sleepe s

— Part 3: Fastening systems fr wo d sleepe s

— Part 4: Fastening systems fr s e l sle pe s

— Part 5: Fastening sys ems fr sla track with rail o the surf c e or rail embed e d in a c ha nel

— Part 7: S ecial fs ening systems f r switches a d c rossings a d c he k rails

NOT Par t 6 do s not ex ist in this series

These Euro ean Stan ar ds ar sup orted b the tes methods in the se ies EN1 146 "R ailwa

a plic ations – Track – Tes meth ds fr f s ening sys ems"

F r r lationship with EU Dir ctive 2 0 / 7/EC, se infor mative A nnex ZA , which is an integ ral p r t of

thisdocument

A ccor ding to the CEN/ ENELEC Inte nal Regulations, the national s an ards or g anizations of the

folowing cou tries ar e b u d to implement this Eur opean Stan ard: Aus r ia, Belg ium, Bulgaria,

Cro tia, Cyprus, Cz ch Republc, Denmark, Es onia, Finlan , F r me Yug osla R epublc of Mac donia,

Franc , Ger many, Gr e e, Hu gary, Ic lan , Ir eland, Italy, L tvia, Lith ania, Lux emb urg, Malta,

Nethe lan s, Norway, Polan , Portugal, Romania, S rbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switz rlan ,

Tur key an the United King dom

Intr oduction

A se ies of tes s isused to as es the suita i ty of fas ening sys ems for use in raiway track

In this Eur opean Stan ar d a r q ir ement for longitu inal r ai r es raint is inclu ed to control rai c e p

an pul a art in the event of a broken r ai Measur ment of torsional r esis anc is inclu ed for use in

as es ing the r isk of track bucklng Clas es for aten ation of dynamic lo ding ar inclu ed for use

when it it is ne es ary to prote t sle per s from vehicle in uc d imp ct T e la oratory tes for the

efe t of r epeated lo ding is spe ified to as es the p tential long te m pe formanc of the fas ening in

track The tes for clamping for ce is only suita le for la or atory use

1 Scope

!This Eur opean Stan ard is a plca le to fas ening systems in C teg r ies A –E as spe ified in

EN 1 48 -1:2 1 , 3.1, for use on concr ete sle pe s in b l as ed track with max imum ax le lo ds, and

minimum cur ve r adi as shown in Ta le 1

Table 1 — Fastening c ateg or y c r iter ia

Categ or y Max imum design ax le load

NOT T e max imum ax le lo d for Categ ories A an B do s not ap ly to maint enance v ehicles

The r eq ir ement a ply to:

— fas ening systems which act on the fo t an / r web of the rai inclu ing dir ct fas ening systems

an in ir ct fas ening systems;

— fas ening systems with dynamic s ifnes , kL A, not les than 5 MN/m;

— fas ening systems for rai se tions included in EN1 674-1(ex clu ing 49E4) or EN 1 6 4-4

This s an ar d is not a plca le to fas ening systems for othe rai se tions, rigid fas ening systems or

spe ial fas ening systems used at b lted joint or glued joint

This s andard should only be used for type a pr ov l of complete fas ening systems."

2 Normative references

The folowing documents, in whole or in p rt, ar normatively r fe enc d in this document an ar e

in ispensa le for it a pl cation F r dated r fe enc s, only the edition cited a ples F r u dated

r fe enc s, thelates edition of the r fe enc d document (including any amen ment ) a ples

EN 1 146-1:2 1 , Railwa a plic ations — Trac k — Test meth ds fr f s ening systems — Part 1:

Dete mination o lon itudin l rail r straint

EN 1 146-2:2 1 , R ailwa a plications — Track — Test meth ds fr f stening systems — Part 2:

Dete mination o torsion l r sista c e

EN 1 146-3:2 1 , Railwa a plic ations — Trac k — Test meth ds fr f stening systems — Part 3:

Dete mination o aten ation o imp c t lo ds

EN 1 146-4:2 1 , R ailwa a plications — Track — Test meth ds fr fstening sys ems — Part 4: Efe ct

o r peated loading

EN 1 146-5:2 1 , R aiwa a plic ations — Trac k — Tes meth ds fr f s ening sys ems — Part 5:

Dete mination o e lectric al r sista c e

EN 1 146-6:2 1 , R ailwa a plic ations — Trac k — Test me th ds f r fs ening systems — Part 6: Efe ct

o seve e en iro mental co ditions

EN 1 146-7:2 1 , R ailwa a plic ations — Trac k — Tes meth ds fr f s ening sys ems — Part 7:

Dete mination o clamping frc e

EN 1 146-8:2 1 , R ailwa a plications — Trac k — Test meth ds fr fs e ning sys ems — Part 8: In

se vic e testing

EN 1 146-9:2 0 +A 1:2 1 , R ailwa a plic atio s — Trac k — Tes meth ds fr f stening sys ems — Part

9: Dete mination o stifne ss

!

EN 1 146-1 , R ailwa a plic atio s — Trac k — Tes meth ds fr f s enin sys ems — Part 10 : Pro fload

tes fr p ll-o t r sista c

"

EN 1 2 0-1, R ailway a plic atio s — Trac k — Co c rete sleepe s a d bear rs — Part 1: G ene al

r q irement

EN 1 48 -1:2 12, R ailwa a plic ations — Trac k — Pe frma c e r q irement fr fstening sysems -

Part 1: Definitio s

EN 1 6 4-1:2 11, Railwa a plic ations — Trac k — R ail — Part 1: Vign le railwa rails 4 kg/m a d

a o e

EN 1 6 4-4, R ailwa a plic atio s — Track — R ail — Part 4: Vign le railwa rails from 27 kg/m to, b t

exc luding 4 6 kg/m

3 Terms and definitions

F r the purp ses of thisdocument, the ter msand definitions given in EN1348 -1:2 12 a ply

r fe enc for ce for measur ment of dynamic low fr eq ency s ifnes of p d, in kN

Fma ax ial lo d at which gros slp oc ur s in the longitudinal rai r s raint tes

for e a pled to p d in measur ement of s atic s ifnes of p d, in kN

kHFA D tr ans e s ifnes in measur ement of high fr q ency s ifnes of as embly, in N/m

kL

A

low fr q ency dynamic s ifnes of as embly, in MN/m

L late al comp nent of for e tr ansmited b the whe l to the r ai head as shown in

Fig ur 1, in kN

PL comp nent of lo d p ralel to the ru ning surfac of the rais, in kN

P

V

comp nent of lo d nor mal to the ru ning surfac ofthe rais, in kN

V vertical comp nent of lo d transmited b the whe ls to the ru ning surfac at the

r ai head asshown in Fig ur e 1, in kN

X distanc betwe n the lne of a plcation of P

L

an the c ntr of the g auge cor ne

radius of therai head as shown in Fig ur e 1, in mm

α ang le between the lo d lne an a l ne normal to the run ing surfac of the rais as

shown in Fig ur 1, in °

NOT

L

VtanPL

2 c ntr e of gaug e cor ne radius

Fig ur e 1 — L ad a pplc atio positio

5 Requirements

5.1 Long itudinal r ai restr aint

The longitu inal r ai r s raint shal be not les than 7 kN when measur d b the proc d r e in

EN 1 146-1 F r use in categor y D fastening systems ( > 2 0 km/h), the long itu inal r ai r s raint shal

be not les than 9 kN

On s ructur es such as long bridges, the long itu inal for e transmitted between the track an the

s ructur ma be calculated b the method in EN 1 9 -2 The value of Fma

measur d in ac ordanc

with EN 1 146-1 ma be used in the calculation In such cases, an subje t to ag re ment between the

pur hase an man factur r ,the minimum r eq ir ement for long itu inal r es raint ma be r duc d

5.2 Tor ional r esistance

When r eq ir ed b the pur hase , the tor sional r esis anc shal be measur d b the proc d r in

EN 1 146-2 an the r esult r ep rted

5.3 A ttenuation of impact loads

F r fas ening systems descr ibed as ha ing medium or hig h atten ation of dynamic lo ds this shal be

measur ed b the proc d r in EN 1 146-3 using the type of sle pe ( mono-block or two block) on

which the fas ening is to be used The r sult shal comply with the folowing lmit :

— medium aten ation ≥ 1 % to ≤ 3 %;

— high atten ation > 3 %

5.4 Pad and as embly stifnes

A s r q ir d b EN1 146-4, the as embly s atic s ifnes an as embly low fr eq ency dynamic s ifnes

shal be measur d in ac or danc with EN 1 146-9 Measur ement of the rai p d s atic s ifnes is

r q ir d at the pur haser ’s disc etion in ac ordanc with EN 1 146-8 If the pur hase r q ir s eithe

of the folowing, it hal be measur ed in ac ordanc with EN1 146-9:

— pad low fr q ency dynamic s ifnes ;

— as embly high fr q ency dynamic s ifnes

Tes lo ds ar e given in Ta le 2

NOT Guidance on the me surement of pad hig h freq ency dy namic stifnes is g iv en in

EN 1 14 -9:2 0 +A1:2 1 , An e A For the me surement of as embly properties at acoustic freq ency se

EN 1 4 1

Table 2 —Loads for me sur ement of stifnes

Fastening

categ or y

F

SPand F

L P

kN

F

SPmaand F

L Pma

kN

F

SA1and F

L A1

kN

F

SA maand F

5.5 Efect of repe ted loading

The efe t of r peated lo ding shal be dete mined b the pr oc d r in EN 1 146-4:2 1 using the tes

5 < k

L A

< 0

MN/m c,d

k

L A

> 2 0

MN/m c

set out in EN 1 48 -5:2 1 +A1:2 1 , Ta le 3

e

For w eb su ported rail the section shal b u modified (i.e X =0)

"

A s r q ir d b EN1 146-4:2 1 , the folowing measur ement shal be pe for med befor an afe

r peated lo ding T e chang e in pe formanc shal not ex ce d the values shown below F r fas ening

systems which sup ort the web of the rai, the chang e in clamping for cedoes not a ply

— L ng itu inal r ai r s raint change ≤ 20 %;

— V ertical s atic s ifnes chang e ≤ 2 %;

— Clamping for ce change ≤ 2 %