• I.S. EN 15227:2008

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - CRASHWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE BODIES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  06-05-2020

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2008

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Crashworthiness design categories of railway vehicles
    5 Design collision scenarios
    6 Structural passive safety
    7 Validation of crashworthiness
    Annex A (informative) - Parameters of design collision scenarios
    Annex B (normative) - Requirements of a validation programme
    Annex C (normative) - Reference obstacle definitions
    Annex D (normative) - Reference train definitions - Defined
            formations
    Annex E (informative) - Migration rule for this European Standard
    Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European Standard
             and the Essential Requirements of EU 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)
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    Defines the requirements for demonstrating that the passive safety objectives have been achieved by comparison with existing proven designs, numerical simulation, component or full-size tests, or a combination of all these methods.

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    Development Note 2008 Edition Re-issued in November 2010 & incorporates AMD 1 2010. (11/2010)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    EN 50126-1:2017 Railway Applications - The Specification and Demonstration of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) - Part 1: Generic RAMS Process
    UIC B205.1 DT 357 : 1997 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF COLLISION ACCIDENTS IN EUROPE, DURING 1991-1995
    EN 12663 : 2000 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS OF RAILWAY VEHICLE BODIES
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