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I.S. EN 15227:2020

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Railway applications - Crashworthiness requirements for rail vehicles

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Language(s)

English

Published date

26-04-2020

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European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Crashworthiness design of rail vehicle structures
5 Crashworthiness assessment requirements
6 Structural passive safety design requirements
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
Annex E (informative) Migration rule for this European Standard
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2016/797/EU aimed to be covered
Bibliography

This document specifies crashworthiness requirements applicable to new designs of: — locomotives, — driving vehicles operating in passenger and freight trains; — passenger rail vehicles operating in passenger trains (such as trams, metros, mainline trains).

Committee
CEN/TC 256
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
62
ProductNote
The date of any NSAIprevious adoption may not matchthe date of its original CEN/CENELEC document THIS STANDARD ALSO REFERS TO :prEN 17343,prEN 16186-5
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
EN 15227:2020 Identical

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