SIST EN 13481-5:2022

Railway Applications - Track - Performance requirements for fastening systems - Part 5: Fastening systems for ballastless track

This document is applicable to fastening systems, in Categories A - D as specified in EN 13481-1:2012, 3.1 for attaching rails to the uppermost surface of concrete or steel elements in ballastless tracks, including tracks on open deck bridges, and for embedded rails in ballastless tracks, for maximum axle loads and minimum curve radii in accordance with Table 1.
[Table 1 - Fastening category criteria]
NOTE   The maximum axle load for Categories A and B does not apply to maintenance vehicles.
The requirements apply to:
-   fastening systems which act on the foot and/or web of the rail including direct fastening systems and indirect fastening systems;
-   fastening systems for rail sections included in EN 13674-1 (excluding 49E4), or EN 13674-4.
This document is not applicable to fastening systems for wood or polymer composite sleepers used in ballastless track, which are included in EN 13481-3.
This document is not applicable to rigid fastening systems, special fastening systems used at bolted joints or glued joints or special low clamping force fastenings used to mitigate track-bridge interaction effects.
This document is for type approval of complete fastening systems. In track forms in which there are rail seat blocks or sleepers mounted in "boots" (under-sleeper pads) the concrete element and its resilient support are considered to be parts of the elastic fastening system. If the track form includes floating slabs, (i.e. resiliently supported concrete elements with more than one fastening per rail) those concrete elements and their resilient supports are considered to be parts of the ballastless track and not of the fastening system.

Bahnanwendungen - Oberbau - Leistungsanforderungen für Schienenbefestigungssysteme - Teil 5: Befestigungssysteme für feste Fahrbahn

Dieses Dokument ist anzuwenden für Befestigungssysteme in den Kategorien A bis D, wie in EN 13481 1:2012, 3.1, festgelegt, für die Verwendung zur Befestigung von Schienen auf der Oberfläche von Beton- oder Stahlelementen in Festen Fahrbahnen, einschließlich Gleisen auf Brücken mit offener Fahrbahn und für eingebettete Schienen in Festen Fahrbahnen mit maximalen Auslegungsachslasten und Mindestbogenradien nach Tabelle 1.
Die Anforderungen gelten für:
—   Befestigungssysteme, die am Schienenfuß und/oder Schienensteg wirken, einschließlich direkter und indirekter Befestigungssysteme;
—   Befestigungssysteme für Schienenprofile nach EN 13674 1 (außer 49E4) oder EN 13674 4.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anzuwenden für Befestigungssysteme für Holz- oder Polymerverbundschwellen in Festen Fahrbahnen, die in EN 13481 3 enthalten sind.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anzuwenden für starre Befestigungssysteme, spezielle Befestigungssysteme, die für verschraubte oder geklebte Schienenstöße verwendet werden, oder Spezialbefestigungen mit niedriger Spannkraft, die zur Abschwächung von wechselseitigen Einflüssen von Gleis und Brücke verwendet werden.
Dieses Dokument gilt für die Typzulassung eines kompletten Befestigungssystems. Oberbauformen, bei denen es Schienenblöcke oder in „Schuhen“ (Unterschwellenbesohlung) gelagerte Schwellen gibt, gelten das Betonelement und sein elastisches Auflager als Teile des elastischen Befestigungssystems. Wenn zur Oberbauform Masse-Feder-Systeme (d. h. elastisch gelagerte Betonelemente mit mehr als einer Befestigung je Schiene) gehören, gelten dieses Betonelement und sein elastisches Auflager als Teile der Festen Fahrbahn und nicht des Befestigungssystems.

Applications ferroviaires - Voie - Exigences de performance pour les systèmes de fixation - Partie 5 : Systèmes de fixations pour voies sans ballast

Le présent document est applicable aux systèmes de fixation des catégories A à D spécifiées dans l'EN 13481-1:2012, 3.1, utilisés pour fixer les rails sur la surface supérieure d'éléments en béton ou en acier sur des voies sans ballast, y compris sur des ponts à tablier à l'air libre, et pour les rails enrobés dans des voies sans ballast, avec des charges à l'essieu maximales et des rayons de courbure minimaux respectifs selon le Tableau 1.
[Tableau 1 - Critères de classification des systèmes de fixation]
Les exigences s'appliquent :
-   aux systèmes de fixation qui agissent sur le patin et/ou l'âme du rail, y compris les systèmes de fixation directs et les systèmes de fixation indirects ;
-   aux systèmes de fixation pour les profils de rail décrits dans l'EN 13674-1 (à l'exclusion du profil 49E4) ou l'EN 13674-4.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux systèmes de fixation destinés à être utilisés sur des traverses en bois ou composite à matrice polymère employées en voie sans ballast, qui sont spécifiées dans l'EN 13481-3.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux systèmes de fixation rigides, aux systèmes de fixation spéciaux utilisés au droit des éclisses ou aux fixations par effort d'application au patin du rail utilisées pour limiter les effets liés à l'interaction voie-ouvrage d’art.
Le présent document est destiné à l'homologation de type de systèmes de fixation complets. Pour les formes de voie intégrant des tables d'appui ou des traverses montées en « chaussons » (semelles sous traverse), l'élément en béton et son support élastique sont assimilés à des parties du système de fixation. Si la forme de voie intègre des dalles flottantes (c'est-à-dire des éléments en béton soutenus de manière élastique avec plusieurs fixations par rail), ces éléments en béton et leurs supports élastiques sont assimilés à des parties de la voie sans ballast et non à des parties du système de fixation.

Železniške naprave - Zgornji ustroj proge - Zahteve za izdelavo pritrdilnih sistemov - 5. del: Pritrdilni sistemi za progo z utrjenimi tirnicami

Ta evropski standard se uporablja za pritrdilne sisteme v kategorijah od A do D iz točke 3.1 standarda 13481-1:2012 za pritrditev tirnic na zgornjo površino betonskih ali jeklenih elementov pri zgornjem ustroju brez tamponskega sloja, vključno s tirnicami na mostovih z odprtim voziščem, in za vgrajene tirnice pri zgornjem ustroju brez tamponskega sloja za ustrezno največjo osno obremenitev in najmanjši krivinski polmer, kot je prikazano v preglednici 1.
Preglednica 1: Merila za kategorije pritrjevanja
Kategorija       Največja osna obremenitev        Najmanjši krivinski polmer
                                kN                                   m
A                          130                                   40
B                          180                                   80
C                          260                                  150
D                          260                                   400
OPOMBA: Največja osna obremenitev za kategoriji A in B ne velja za vzdrževalna vozila.
OPOMBA:   Največja osna obremenitev za kategoriji A in B ne velja za vzdrževalna vozila.
Zahteve se uporabljajo za:
– pritrdilne sisteme, ki delujejo na vznožje in/ali stojino tirnice, vključno z neposrednimi in posrednimi pritrdilnimi sistemi;
– pritrdilne sisteme za dele železnice iz standarda EN 13674-1 (razen 49E4) ali EN 13674-4.
Ta standard se ne uporablja za:
– pritrdilne sisteme za druge dele železnice;
– pritrdilne sisteme za uporabo na lesenih pragovih ali pragovih iz polimernih kompozitov, ki se uporabljajo pri zgornjem ustroju brez tamponskega sloja, za katere so zahteve glede zmogljivosti vključene v EN 13481-3;
– toge pritrdilne sisteme.
Ta standard se ne uporablja za pritrdilne sisteme za druge dele železnice, toge pritrdilne sisteme ali posebne pritrdilne sisteme, ki se uporabljajo pri zakovičenih spojih ali zlepljenih spojih, ali posebne pritrdilne elemente z nizko vpenjalno silo za blažitev interakcije med progo in mostom.
Ta standard se uporablja samo za odobritev tipa celotnih pritrdilnih sistemov. Za zgornje ustroje, ki vključujejo bloke tirnice ali pragove, vgrajene v »ohišju«, se šteje, da sta betonski element in njegova prožna podpora dela elastičnega pritrdilnega sistema. Če zgornji ustroj vključuje plavajoče plošče (tj. prožno podprte betonske elemente z več kot enim pritrdilnim elementom na tirnico), se šteje, da so takšni betonski elementi in njihove prožne podpore deli zgornjega ustroja brez tamponskega sloja in ne pritrdilnega sistema.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 31-Mar-2021
• Publication Date: 16-Aug-2022
• ICS: 93.100 - Construction of railways
• Technical Committee: IŽNP - Reilway applications
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 27-Jul-2022
• Due Date: 01-Oct-2022
• Completion Date: 17-Aug-2022
• Directive: 2008/57/EC - Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast)
• Directive: 2016/797/EU - Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (Text with EEA relevance)
• Mandate: M/483 - Mandate for programming and standardisation addressed to the European standardisation bodies under directive 2008/57/EC in the field of the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union
• Ref Project: EN 13481-5:2022 - Railway applications - Track - Performance requirements for fastening systems - Part 5: Fastening systems for ballastless tracks

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017 - Railway applications - Track - Performance requirements for fastening systems - Part 5: Fastening systems for slab track with rail on the surface or rail embedded in a channel
• Effective Date: 20-Jul-2022
• Revised: SIST EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017 - Railway applications - Track - Performance requirements for fastening systems - Part 5: Fastening systems for slab track with rail on the surface or rail embedded in a channel
• Effective Date: 11-Apr-2018

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017
Železniške naprave - Zgornji ustroj proge - Zahteve za izdelavo pritrdilnih sistemov
- 5. del: Pritrdilni sistemi za progo z utrjenimi tirnicami
Railway Applications - Track - Performance requirements for fastening systems - Part 5:
Fastening systems for ballastless track
Bahnanwendungen - Oberbau - Leistungsanforderungen für
Schienenbefestigungssysteme - Teil 5: Befestigungssysteme für feste Fahrbahn
Applications ferroviaires - Voie - Exigences de performance pour les systèmes de
fixation - Partie 5 : Systèmes de fixations pour voies sans ballast
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13481-5:2022
ICS:
93.100 Gradnja železnic Construction of railways
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13481-5
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 93.100 Supersedes EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017
English Version
Railway applications - Track - Performance requirements
for fastening systems - Part 5: Fastening systems for
ballastless tracks
Applications ferroviaires - Voie - Exigences de Bahnanwendungen - Oberbau -
performance pour les systèmes de fixation - Partie 5 : Leistungsanforderungen für
Systèmes de fixations pour voies sans ballast Schienenbefestigungssysteme - Teil 5:
Befestigungssysteme für feste Fahrbahn
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 8 May 2022.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Symbols . 9
5 Requirements determined by laboratory testing . 9
5.1 Specimens used for laboratory testing . 9
5.2 Longitudinal rail restraint or longitudinal stiffness . 10
5.2.1 General case . 10
5.2.2 Special case for long structures . 10
5.3 Clamping force and uplift stiffness . 10
5.4 Vertical stiffness . 11
5.5 Effect of repeated loading . 11
5.6 Electrical resistance of the fastening system and slab track elements . 12
5.7 Effect of exposure to severe environmental conditions (surface mounted rails only) . 13
5.8 Anchoring fastening components. 13
5.8.1 Cast-in or glued-in components in concrete supporting elements . 13
5.8.2 Anchoring components on steel supporting elements . 13
6 Other requirements . 13
6.1 Dimensions . 13
6.2 Effect of fastening system tolerances on track gauge . 14
6.3 In-service testing . 15
6.4 Attenuation of noise and vibration . 15
7 Fitness for purpose . 16
8 Marking, labelling and packaging . 16
Annex A (informative) Vibration and noise . 17
A.1 General . 17
A.2 Symbols . 17
A.3 Parameters for environmental vibration calculations . 17
A.4 Calculating the vibration attenuation . 18
A.5 Environmental noise . 18
Bibliography . 19

European foreword
This document (EN 13481-5:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 256 “Railway
applications”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2023, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2023.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
a) changes to the terminology to be consistent with the EN 16432 series of standards;
b) inclusion of details of in-service testing, replacing the reference to EN 13146-8, which is to be
withdrawn;
c) slight reduction of test loads in repeated loading test for fastening category D;
d) editorial changes to make clear which requirements are based on laboratory testing;
e) removal of Annex ZA.
This European Standard is one of the series EN 13481 “Railway applications — Track — Performance
requirements for fastening systems”, which consists of the following parts:
— Part 1: Definitions
— Part 2: Fastening systems for concrete sleepers in ballast
— Part 3: Fastening systems for wood and polymeric composite sleepers
— Part 4: Fastening systems for steel sleepers
— Part 5: Fastening systems for ballastless tracks
— Part 7: Fastening systems for switches and crossings, check rails, insulated rail joints and rail expansion
devices
NOTE Part 6 does not exist in this series.
These European Standards are supported by the test methods in the series EN 13146 “Railway
applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems”.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
A series of tests is used to assess the suitability of fastening systems for use in railway track, i.e. for type
approval of complete fastening systems. This document only sets requirements considered relevant to
ensure the safe, long-term operation of the track system. The test methods are described in other
associated standards.
The various Categories of rail fastenings used in this document are defined in EN 13481-1:2012.
1 Scope
This document is applicable to fastening systems, in Categories A – D as specified in EN 13481-1:2012,
3.1 for attaching rails to the uppermost surface of concrete or steel elements in ballastless tracks,
including tracks on open deck bridges, and for embedded rails in ballastless tracks, for maximum axle
loads and minimum curve radii in accordance with Table 1.
Table 1 — Fastening category criteria
Category Maximum design axle load Minimum curve radius
kN m
A 130 40
B 180 80
C 260 150
D 260 400
NOTE The maximum axle load for Categories A and B does not apply to maintenance vehicles.

The requirements apply to:
— fastening systems which act on the foot and/or web of the rail including direct fastening systems and
indirect fastening systems;
— fastening systems for rail sections included in EN 13674-1 (excluding 49E4), or EN 13674-4.
This document is not applicable to fastening systems for wood or polymer composite sleepers used in
ballastless track, which are included in EN 13481-3.
This document is not applicable to rigid fastening systems, special fastening systems used at bolted joints
or glued joints or special low clamping force fastenings used to mitigate track-bridge interaction effects.
This document is for type approval of complete fastening systems. In track forms in which there are rail
seat blocks or sleepers mounted in “boots” (under-sleeper pads) the concrete element and its resilient
support are considered to be parts of the elastic fastening system. If the track form includes floating slabs,
(i.e. resiliently supported concrete elements with more than one fastening per rail) those concrete
elements and their resilient supports are considered to be parts of the ballastless track and not of the
fastening system.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 13146-1:2019, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 1:
Determination of longitudinal rail restraint
EN 13146-4:2020, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 4: Effect of
repeated loading
EN 13146-5:2012 , Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 5:
Determination of electrical resistance
EN 13146-6:2012, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 6: Effect of
severe environmental conditions
EN 13146-7:2019, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 7:
Determination of clamping force and uplift stiffness
EN 13146-9:2020, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 9:
Determination of stiffness
EN 13146-10:2017, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 10: Proof
load test for pull-out resistance
EN 13230-1:2016, Railway applications — Track — Concrete sleepers and bearers — Part 1: General
requirements
EN 13481-1:2012, Railway applications — Track — Performance requirements for fastening systems —
Part 1: Definitions
EN 13674-1:2011+A1:2017, Railway applications — Track — Rail — Part 1: Vignole railway rails 46 kg/m
and above
EN 13674-4:2019, Railway applications — Track — Rail — Part 4: Vignole railway rails from 27 kg/m to,
but excluding 46 kg/m
EN 17319:2020, Railway applications — Infrastructure — Performance requirements of rail fastening
systems for tramways
EN 17343:2020, Railway applications — General terms and definitions
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions given in EN 13481-1:2012,
EN 17343:2020 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
datum for applied test loads
flat bottom surface of a conventional concrete sleeper used as a datum plane to define the orientation of
the applied test loads
Note 1 to entry: For fastenings on supports which do not have a flat bottom surface, the orientation of the test
loads is defined relative to “running surface of the rails” which is defined in EN 13848-1:2019. See Figure 1.

As impacted by EN 13146-5:2012/AC:2017.
Key
1 centre of gauge corner radius
2 centre line of the rail profile
3 line of load application
Figure 1 — Load application position
3.2
purchaser
operator, owner or user of the rail fastening system
3.3
supplier
body responsible for the use of this European Standard
Note 1 to entry: Sometimes the manufacturer is also the supplier.
4 Symbols
For the purposes of this document, the following symbols apply.
D maximum longitudinal displacement of rail prior to slip, in mm;
r
F minimum force applied in measurement of low frequency dynamic stiffness of assembly, in
LFA1
kN;
F reference force for measurement of low frequency dynamic stiffness of assembly, in kN;
LFAmax
F notional fastening clip force assumed for measurement of low frequency dynamic stiffness of
LFP1
pad, in kN;
F reference force for measurement of low frequency dynamic stiffness of pad, in kN;
LFPmax
F axial load at which gross slip occurs in the longitudinal rail restraint test in kN;
max
F minimum force applied in measurement of static stiffness of assembly, in kN;
SA1
F force applied to assembly in measurement of static stiffness of assembly, in kN;
SAmax
F notional fastening clip force assumed for measurement of static stiffness of pad, in kN;
SP1
F force applied to pad in measurement of static stiffness of pad, in kN;
SPmax
k longitudinal stiffness in accordance with EN 13146-1:2019, in MN/m;
L
low frequency dynamic stiffness of assembly, in MN/m;
k
LFA
L sample length of embedded rail, in m;
T
P component of load parallel to the datum, in kN;
L
P component of load normal to the datum, in kN;
V
X distance between the line of application of P and the centre of the gauge corner radius of the
L
rail head as shown in Figure 1, in mm;
α angle between the load line and the datum as shown in Figure 1, in °.
5 Requirements determined by laboratory testing
5.1 Specimens used for laboratory testing
The laboratory tests described in 5.2 to 5.5 and 5.7 shall be carried out using a supporting element e.g. a
reinforced concrete block to represent concrete ballastless track or a steel plate to represent a steel
bridge structure.
For continuously supported rail, the test length of rail is the length which is supported on the pad. For
embedded rail, the test length of rail is the length which is embedded. In these cases, for category A the
test length should be (0,8 ± 0,01) m and for categories B to D the test length should be (0,6 ± 0,01) m.
The supporting element shall have a rail seat inclination no greater than the inclination to be used on the
application for which the type of fastening will be used.
For example, a fastening tested successfully on a support with 1:40 inclination does not need to be re-
tested at 1:20 inclination.
For the laboratory test described in 5.6 two fastenings shall be assembled on a section of concrete track
or steel structure with a length equivalent to the intended fastener spacing as described in
EN 13146-5:2012 .
For the laboratory test described in 5.8 a fastening system shall be assembled on a concrete block or steel
element as described in EN 13146-10:2017.
5.2 Longitudinal rail restraint or longitudinal stiffness
5.2.1 General case
The requirement for longitudinal rail restraint is included to control rail creep and pull apart in the event
of a broken rail.
For discrete fastening systems, and for continuously supported rail with mechanical fastening, the
longitudinal rail restraint shall be not less than 7,0 kN when measured by the procedure in
EN 13146-1:2019 before any repeated load test is carried out. For fastenings to
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