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BS EN 50305:2002
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Railway applications. Railway rolling stock cables having special fire performance. Test methods
Hardcopy , PDF
27-03-2020
English
09-08-2002
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Applicability, sampling, test-piece preparation and
test conditions
4.1 Applicable tests
4.2 Classification of tests
4.3 Sampling
4.4 Test-piece preparation
4.5 Test conditions
5 Mechanical tests
5.1 Impact test at low temperature
5.2 Abrasion resistance
5.3 Notch propagation
5.4 Pliability
5.5 Strippability and adhesion of insulation
5.6 Dynamic cut-through
6 Electrical tests
6.1 Electrical resistance of conductors
6.2 Voltage test on completed cable
6.3 Voltage test on sheath
6.4 Insulation resistance
6.5 Spark test
6.6 Surface resistance
6.7 D.C. stability
6.8 Dielectric strength
7 Ageing and thermal tests
7.1 Compatibility
7.2 Long term ageing for insulation
7.3 Long term ageing for sheath
7.4 Ozone resistance
7.5 Pressure test at high temperature
7.6 Shrinkage test for insulation
7.7 Stress cracking test
8 Tests in fluids, including water
8.1 Mineral and fuel oil resistance
8.2 Acid and alkali resistance
8.3 Water absorption of sheath
9 Reaction to fire tests
9.1 Flame propagation
9.2 Toxicity
10 Miscellaneous tests
10.1 Durability of marking
10.2 Blocking of cores
Annex A (informative) List of other test methods applicable
to rolling stock cables
Annex B (informative) Procedure for checking the efficacy
of the method pf spark testing (with reference to 6.5)
Annex C (informative) Long term ageing test - Significance
and use
Annex D (informative) Illustration of an Arrhenius plot
Annex E (normative) Analysis methods for toxicity
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