Railway Applications - Track - Performance Requirements for Fastening Systems - Part 4: Fastening Systems for Steel Sleepers in Ballast
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The DIN EN 13481-4 standard specifies the performance requirements for fastening systems used on steel sleepers in ballasted tracks. The standard applies to fastening systems in Categories A-C and E, as defined in EN 13481-1, with specific maximum axle loads and minimum curve radii.
Table 1 provides the criteria for each category, including the maximum design axle load and the minimum curve radius for each category. It is important to note that the maximum axle load for Categories A and B does not apply to maintenance vehicles.
The standard covers fastening systems that act on the foot and/or web of the rail, including both direct and indirect fastening systems. It applies to rail sections included in EN 13674-1 (excluding 49E4) or EN 13674-4, but not to fastening systems for other rail sections, rigid fastening systems, or special fastening systems used at bolted joints or glued joints.
It is important to mention that this standard should only be used for the type approval of complete fastening systems.
| Descriptors | Damping, Definitions, Efficiency, Fasteners, Fixings, Loading, Performance, Permanent ways, Point work, Proof loading, Rail fastening systems, Railway applications, Railway construction, Railway installations, Railways, Sleepers, Specification (approval), Steel sleepers, Steels, Stress, Tracks (materials handling equipment), Travel ways, Turnouts, Type approvals, Vibrations, Vignol rail, Power, Superstructure, Output capacity, Ties, Sheets, Roadways, Pavements (roads) |
| ICS Codes | 93.100 - Construction of railways |
| Language(s) | English + German |
| File Size | 2.7 MB |
