EN 12663-1:2010+A2:2023

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2024
Železniške naprave - Konstrukcijske zahteve za grode železniških vozil - 1. del:
Lokomotive in potniška železniška vozila (tudi alternativna metoda za tovorne
vagone) (vključno z dopolnilom A2)
Railway applications - Structural requirements of railway vehicle bodies - Part 1:
Locomotives and passenger rolling stock (and alternative method for freight wagons)
Bahnanwendungen - Festigkeitsanforderungen an Wagenkästen von
Schienenfahrzeugen - Teil 1: Lokomotiven und Personenfahrzeuge (und alternatives
Verfahren für Güterwagen)
Applications ferroviaires - Prescriptions de dimensionnement des structures de véhicules
ferroviaires - Partie 1 : Locomotives et matériels roulants voyageurs (et méthode
alternative pour wagons)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12663-1:2010+A2:2023
ICS:
45.060.20 Železniški vagoni Trailing stock
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 12663-1:2010+A2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 45.060.20 Supersedes EN 12663-1:2010+A1:2014
English Version
Railway applications - Structural requirements of railway
vehicle bodies - Part 1: Locomotives and passenger rolling
stock (and alternative method for freight wagons)
Applications ferroviaires - Prescriptions de Bahnanwendungen - Festigkeitsanforderungen an
dimensionnement des structures de véhicules Wagenkästen von Schienenfahrzeugen - Teil 1:
ferroviaires - Partie 1 : Locomotives et matériels Lokomotiven und Personenfahrzeuge (und alternatives
roulants voyageurs (et méthode alternative pour Verfahren für Güterwagen)
wagons)
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2023.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Coordinate system . 7
5 Structural requirements . 7
5.1 General . 7
5.2 Categories of railway vehicles . 8
5.2.1 Structural categories. 8
5.2.2 Locomotives . 9
5.2.3 Passenger vehicles . 9
5.2.4 Freight wagons . 9
5.2.5 Other types of vehicles . 9
5.3 Uncertainties in railway design parameters . 9
5.3.1 Allowance for uncertainties . 9
5.3.2 Loads . 10
5.3.3 Material . 10
5.3.4 Dimensional tolerances . 10
5.3.5 Manufacturing process . 10
5.3.6 Analytical accuracy . 10
5.4 Demonstration of static strength and structural stability . 11
5.4.1 Requirement . 11
5.4.2 Yield or proof strength . 11
5.4.3 Ultimate failure . 12
5.4.4 Instability . 13
5.5 Demonstration of stiffness . 13
5.6 Demonstration of fatigue strength . 14
5.6.1 General . 14
5.6.2 Methods of assessment . 14
6 Design load cases. 15
6.1 General . 15
6.2 Longitudinal static loads for the vehicle body . 17
6.2.1 General . 17
6.2.2 Longitudinal forces in buffers and/or coupling area . 17
6.2.3 Compressive forces in end wall area . 18
6.3 Vertical static loads for the vehicle body . 19
6.3.1 Maximum operating load . 19
6.3.2 Lifting and jacking . 19
6.3.3 Lifting and jacking with displaced support . 20
6.3.4 Re-railing and recovery . 20
6.4 Superposition of static load cases for the vehicle body. 21
6.5 Static proof loads at interfaces . 22
6.5.1 Proof load cases for body to bogie connection . 22
6.5.2 Proof load cases for equipment attachments . 22
6.5.3 Proof load cases for joints of articulated units . 23
6.5.4 Proof load cases for specific components on freight wagons . 23
6.6 General fatigue load cases for the vehicle body . 24
6.6.1 Sources of load input . 24
6.6.2 Payload spectrum . 24
6.6.3 Load/unload cycles . 24
6.6.4 Track induced loading . 24
6.6.5 Aerodynamic loading . 25
6.6.6 Traction and braking . 26
6.7 Fatigue loads at interfaces . 26
6.7.1 General requirements . 26
6.7.2 Body/bogie connection . 26
6.7.3 Equipment attachments . 26
6.7.4 Couplers . 26
6.7.5 Fatigue load cases for joints of articulated units . 27
6.8 Combination of fatigue load cases . 27
6.9 Modes of vibration. 27
6.9.1 Vehicle body . 27
6.9.2 Equipment . 27
7 Permissible stresses for materials . 27
7.1 Interpretation of stresses . 27
7.2 Static strength . 28
7.3 Fatigue strength . 28
8 Requirements of strength demonstration tests . 28
8.1 Objectives . 28
8.2 Proof load tests .
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