1 - AS 1085.17-2000 RAILWAY PERMANENT WAY MATERIAL - STEEL SLEEPERS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE
7 - 1.2 PURPOSE AND CONTEXT OF USE
7 - 1.2.1 Function
7 - 1.2.2 Action
7 - 1.3 TESTING
8 - 1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 1.5 DEFINITIONS
8 - 1.5.1 Cant
8 - 1.5.2 End spade
8 - 1.5.3 Fastening
8 - 1.5.4 Gauge corner
9 - 1.5.5 Gauge point
9 - 1.5.6 In-face
9 - 1.5.7 Lateral load
9 - 1.5.8 Longitudinal load
9 - 1.5.9 Pod
9 - 1.5.10 Rail insulation pad
9 - 1.5.11 Rail seat
9 - 1.5.12 Shoulder
9 - 1.5.13 Side
9 - 1.5.14 Sleeper design life
9 - 1.5.15 Toe
9 - 1.5.16 Top
9 - 1.5.17 Track gauge
9 - 1.5.18 Vertical load
11 - 1.6 NOTATION
13 - SECTION 2 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
13 - 2.1 TRACK SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY
13 - 2.1.1 Gauge
13 - 2.1.2 Signalling
13 - 2.2 SERVICE LIFE
13 - 2.2.1 General
13 - 2.2.2 Shape
13 - 2.2.3 Design stresses and ballast contact pressure
13 - 2.2.4 Design of details
13 - 2.2.5 Sleeper materials
14 - 2.2.6 Surface finish
14 - 2.2.7 Resilient rail fastening assemblies
14 - 2.2.8 Rail seat assembly repeated load test
14 - 2.3 RAIL RESTRAINT AND SUPPORT
14 - 2.3.1 General
14 - 2.3.2 Shape
14 - 2.3.3 Lateral load restraint test
15 - 2.3.4 Fastening longitudinal restraint test
15 - 2.3.5 Fastening uplift test
15 - 2.3.6 Lateral track stability test
15 - 2.4 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
15 - 2.5 MARKING
15 - 2.5.1 Sleepers
16 - 2.5.2 Fastening components
16 - 2.6 HANDLING
16 - 2.6.1 Stacking of sleepers
16 - 2.6.2 Surface finish
17 - SECTION 3 RESILIENT RAIL FASTENING ASSEMBLIES
17 - 3.1 TESTING
17 - 3.2 FASTENING PERFORMANCE
18 - SECTION 4 LOADS FOR DESIGN AND TESTING
18 - 4.1 GENERAL
18 - 4.2 TRACK CONDITIONS
18 - 4.3 QUASI-STATIC VERTICAL WHEEL LOAD
18 - 4.4 IMPACT FACTOR
19 - 4.5 QUASI-STATIC VERTICAL RAIL SEAT LOAD
20 - 4.6 QUASI-STATIC LATERAL WHEEL LOAD
21 - 4.7 QUASI-STATIC LATERAL RAIL SEAT LOAD
22 - SECTION 5 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
22 - 5.1 GENERAL
22 - 5.2 CORROSION AND WEAR
22 - 5.3 DESIGN BENDING STRESS
22 - 5.4 EMPIRICAL METHOD
22 - 5.4.1 Ballast contact pressure
23 - 5.4.2 Bending moment calculation by the empirical method
25 - 5.5 BEAM ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION (BOEF) METHOD
25 - 5.5.1 General
25 - 5.5.2 Sleeper to ballast maximum contact pressure
26 - 5.5.3 Sleeper stiffness and deflection
26 - 5.5.4 Bending moment
28 - APPENDIX A - INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED
28 - A1 GENERAL
28 - A2 INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE PURCHASER
29 - A3 INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SUPPLIER
30 - A4 FASTENING EVALUATION AND DATA SHEET NO. 1
31 - A5 FASTENING EVALUATION AND DATA SHEET NO. 2
32 - APPENDIX B - MEANS OF DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD
32 - B1 SCOPE
32 - B2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING
32 - B3 PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
32 - B4 SUPPLIER’S QUALITY SYSTEM
33 - B5 OTHER MEANS OF ASSESSMENT
34 - APPENDIX C - SPECIAL SLEEPERS AND FASTENINGS
34 - C1 SCOPE
34 - C2 SPECIAL SLEEPER TYPES
34 - C2.1 Dual gauge sleepers
34 - C2.2 Turnout bearers
34 - C2.3 Sleepers with additional rails
36 - C3 MANUFACTURING DETAILS
36 - C4 LOADINGS AND DESIGN
36 - C4.1 Dual gauge sleepers
37 - C4.2 Turnouts and crossovers
37 - C4.3 Sleepers with additional rails (other than dual gauge sleepers)
37 - C5 FASTENINGS
38 - C6 TESTING
38 - C6.1 General
38 - C6.2 Additional fastening tests
39 - APPENDIX D - SLEEPER SHAPE
39 - D1 GENERAL
39 - D2 END DETAILS
42 - APPENDIX E - TRACK PANEL ASSEMBLY TEST
42 - E1 SCOPE
42 - E2 APPARATUS
42 - E3 PROCEDURE
42 - E4 REPORT
43 - APPENDIX F - ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TEST
43 - F1 SCOPE
43 - F2 APPARATUS
43 - F3 PROCEDURE
43 - F4 REPORT
44 - APPENDIX G - RAIL SEAT ASSEMBLY REPEATED LOAD TEST
44 - G1 SCOPE
44 - G2 APPARATUS
44 - G3 PROCEDURE
44 - G4 REPORT
47 - APPENDIX H - LATERAL LOAD RESTRAINT TEST
47 - H1 SCOPE
47 - H2 APPARATUS
47 - H3 PROCEDURE
47 - H4 REPORT
49 - APPENDIX I - FASTENING LONGITUDINAL RESTRAINT TEST
49 - I1 SCOPE
49 - I2 APPARATUS
49 - I3 PROCEDURE
49 - I4 REPORT
51 - APPENDIX J - FASTENING UPLIFT TEST
51 - J1 SCOPE
51 - J2 APPARATUS
51 - J3 PROCEDURE
51 - J4 REPORT
53 - APPENDIX K - LATERAL STABILITY TEST
53 - K1 SCOPE
53 - K2 APPARATUS
53 - K3 PROCEDURE
54 - K4 REPORT
55 - APPENDIX L - SLEEPER SPACING