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BS EN 13230-1:2016 – TC:2020 Edition

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Tracked Changes. Railway applications. Track. Concrete sleepers and bearers – General requirements

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This part of the EN 13230 series defines technical criteria and control procedures which need to be satisfied by the constituent materials and the finished concrete sleepers and bearers, i.e.: precast concrete sleepers, twin-block reinforced sleepers, bearers for switches and crossings, and special elements for railway tracks. The main requirement of concrete sleepers and bearers is the transmission of vertical, lateral and longitudinal loads from the rails to the ballast or other support. In use, they are also exposed to frost damage and to moisture, which can result in detrimental chemical reactions within the sleeper. In this standard mechanical tests are defined which provide assurance of the capability of sleepers or bearers to resist repetitive loading and provide sufficient durability. In addition, controls are placed on manufacturing processes and tests to ensure that the concrete will not suffer degradation in service through chemical reaction and frost damage.

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54 Contents Page
57 European foreword
58 Introduction
59 1 Scope
2 Normative references
60 3 Terms and definitions
62 4 Common characteristics
4.1 General
4.2 Loading
4.2.1 Loads
4.2.2 Load distribution
63 4.3 Characteristic bending moments
4.4 Data to be supplied
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Data to be supplied by the purchaser
64 4.4.3 Data to be provided by the supplier
4.4.3.1 Before the design approval tests
4.4.3.2 After the design approval tests
4.4.3.3 Prior to start-up of production
5 Materials
5.1 General requirements
65 5.2 Cement
5.3 Aggregates
66 5.4 Mixing water
5.5 Admixtures
5.6 Concrete
5.6.1 Material requirements
5.6.2 Information to be provided by the supplier
67 5.6.3 Changes for the material and processes
5.7 Steel
5.7.1 Prestressing tendons
5.7.2 Reinforcing steel
5.7.3 Steel connecting bar
5.8 Embedded components
6 General requirements
6.1 Design
6.1.1 Geometrical design
68 Figure 1 — Typical prestressed monoblock sleeper
Figure 2 — Typical twin-block reinforced sleeper
69 Figure 3 — Typical prestressed concrete bearer
Table 1 — Maximum tolerances
70 6.1.2 Concrete cover
6.1.3 Prestressing system design
6.1.4 Reinforcing steel design
6.2 Manufacturing process
6.2.1 General requirements
71 6.2.2 Natural curing
6.2.3 Accelerated curing
72 Figure 4 — Maximum temperature curve
Figure 5 — Maximum curing temperature as a function of sulfur trioxide content in the cement
73 6.3 Surface finish
6.4 Marking
7 Product testing
7.1 General
74 7.2 Mechanical parameters
Figure 6 — Area for measurement of crack
7.3 Tests on product
7.4 Tests on concrete
75 7.5 Tests in combination with the fastening system
7.6 Additional tests
8 Quality control
8.1 General
76 8.2 Quality control during design approval tests
8.3 Quality control during manufacturing
77 Annex A (informative) Test method to determine the Taber Wear index for a fine aggregate
A.1 General
A.2 Apparatus
A.3 Preparation of Mortar Tiles
A.3.1 Sampling
A.3.2 Mortar Tile preparation
78 A.3.3 Mortar Tile curing
A.3.4 Grinding of Mortar Tiles
A.4 Test procedure
A.5 Calculation of Taber Wear Index
79 Annex B (informative) Test method for freeze–thaw resistance
80 Annex C (informative) Test method for measuring the water absorption of concrete at atmospheric pressure
C.1 Introduction
C.2 Samples
C.3 Sequence of test
C.4 Results
C.5 Requirements
81 Annex D (informative) Definition and recommendation for measurement of rail seat inclination and twist between rail seats
Figure D.1 — Example of gauge for measurement of rail seat inclination and twist between rail seats
82 Annex E (informative) Surface finish
E.1 General
E.2 General information for surface finish
E.3 Surface finish of the rail seat
83 E.4 Surface finish of all other surfaces
E.5 Detailed procedure for remedial work
84 Annex F (informative) Quality control during manufacturing – Routine tests and frequency of testing
F.1 General
F.2 Data of the sleeper to be checked
Table F.1 — Raw materials
Table F.2 — Manufacturing process
85 Table F.3 — Finished product
86 F.3 Examples for frequency of testing
87 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2008/57/EC
88 Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard, the Commission Regulation N 1299/2014 of 18 November 2014 on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to the ‘infrastructure’ subsystem of the rail system in the European U…
89 Bibliography
BS EN 13230-1:2016 - TC
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