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AS 1085.17-2003 (R2013)
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AS 1085.17-2003 (R2013)
Railway track material Steel sleepers
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Table of Contents
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<text>AS 1085.17-2003 RAILWAY TRACK MATERIAL - STEEL SLEEPERS</text>
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<pageno>4</pageno>
<text>PREFACE</text>
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<pageno>5</pageno>
<text>CONTENTS</text>
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<pageno>6</pageno>
<text>FOREWORD</text>
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<pageno>7</pageno>
<text>SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL</text>
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<pageno>7</pageno>
<text>1.1 SCOPE</text>
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<pageno>7</pageno>
<text>1.2 PURPOSE AND CONTEXT OF USE</text>
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<pageno>7</pageno>
<text>1.2.1 Function</text>
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<pageno>7</pageno>
<text>1.2.2 Action</text>
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<pageno>7</pageno>
<text>1.3 TESTING</text>
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<pageno>8</pageno>
<text>1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS</text>
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<pageno>8</pageno>
<text>1.5 DEFINITIONS</text>
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<pageno>8</pageno>
<text>1.5.1 Cant</text>
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<pageno>8</pageno>
<text>1.5.2 End spade</text>
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<pageno>8</pageno>
<text>1.5.3 Fastening</text>
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<pageno>8</pageno>
<text>1.5.4 Gauge corner</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.5 Gauge point</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.6 In-face</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.7 Lateral load</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.8 Longitudinal load</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.9 Pod</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.10 Rail insulation pad</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.11 Rail seat</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.12 Shoulder</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.13 Side</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.14 Sleeper design life</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.15 Toe</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.16 Top</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.17 Track gauge</text>
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<pageno>9</pageno>
<text>1.5.18 Vertical load</text>
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<pageno>10</pageno>
<text>1.6 NOTATION</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>SECTION 2 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.1 TRACK SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.2 SERVICE LIFE</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.2.1 General</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.2.2 Shape</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.2.3 Design stresses and ballast contact pressure</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.2.4 Design of details</text>
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<pageno>13</pageno>
<text>2.2.5 Sleeper materials</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.2.6 Surface finish</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.2.7 Resilient rail fastening assemblies</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.2.8 Rail seat assembly repeated load test</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.3 RAIL RESTRAINT AND SUPPORT</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.3.1 General</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.3.2 Shape</text>
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<pageno>14</pageno>
<text>2.3.3 Lateral track stability test</text>
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<pageno>15</pageno>
<text>2.4 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE</text>
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<pageno>15</pageno>
<text>2.5 MARKING</text>
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<pageno>15</pageno>
<text>2.6 HANDLING</text>
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<pageno>15</pageno>
<text>2.6.1 Stacking of sleepers</text>
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<pageno>15</pageno>
<text>2.6.2 Surface finish</text>
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<text>SECTION 3 RESILIENT RAIL FASTENING ASSEMBLIES</text>
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<pageno>17</pageno>
<text>SECTION 4 LOADS FOR DESIGN AND TESTING</text>
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<pageno>17</pageno>
<text>4.1 GENERAL</text>
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<pageno>17</pageno>
<text>4.2 TRACK CONDITIONS</text>
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<pageno>17</pageno>
<text>4.3 QUASI-STATIC VERTICAL WHEEL LOAD</text>
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<pageno>17</pageno>
<text>4.4 IMPACT FACTOR</text>
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<pageno>18</pageno>
<text>4.5 QUASI-STATIC VERTICAL RAIL SEAT LOAD</text>
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<pageno>19</pageno>
<text>4.6 QUASI-STATIC LATERAL WHEEL LOAD</text>
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<pageno>20</pageno>
<text>4.7 QUASI-STATIC LATERAL RAIL SEAT LOAD</text>
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<pageno>21</pageno>
<text>SECTION 5 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS</text>
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<text>5.1 GENERAL</text>
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<text>5.2 CORROSION AND WEAR</text>
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<text>5.3 DESIGN BENDING STRESS</text>
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<pageno>21</pageno>
<text>5.4 EMPIRICAL METHOD</text>
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<pageno>21</pageno>
<text>5.4.1 Ballast contact pressure</text>
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<pageno>22</pageno>
<text>5.4.2 Bending moment calculation by the empirical method</text>
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<pageno>24</pageno>
<text>5.5 BEAM ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION (BOEF) METHOD</text>
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<text>5.5.1 General</text>
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<pageno>24</pageno>
<text>5.5.2 Sleeper to ballast maximum contact pressure</text>
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<pageno>25</pageno>
<text>5.5.3 Sleeper stiffness and deflection</text>
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<pageno>25</pageno>
<text>5.5.4 Bending moment</text>
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<text>APPENDIX A - INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY PURCHASER AND SUPPLIER</text>
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<pageno>27</pageno>
<text>A1 GENERAL</text>
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<text>A2 INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE PURCHASER</text>
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<text>A3 INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SUPPLIER</text>
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<text>APPENDIX B - MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD</text>
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<text>B1 SCOPE</text>
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<pageno>29</pageno>
<text>B2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING</text>
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<pageno>29</pageno>
<text>B3 PRODUCT CERTIFICATION</text>
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<pageno>30</pageno>
<text>B4 SUPPLIER'S QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM</text>
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<pageno>30</pageno>
<text>B5 OTHER MEANS OF ASSESSMENT</text>
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<pageno>31</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX C - SPECIAL SLEEPERS AND FASTENINGS</text>
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<pageno>31</pageno>
<text>C1 GENERAL</text>
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<pageno>31</pageno>
<text>C2 SPECIAL SLEEPER TYPES</text>
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<text>C2.1 Dual gauge sleepers</text>
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<pageno>31</pageno>
<text>C2.2 Turnout bearers</text>
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<pageno>31</pageno>
<text>C2.3 Sleepers with additional rails</text>
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<pageno>33</pageno>
<text>C3 MANUFACTURING DETAILS</text>
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<pageno>33</pageno>
<text>C4 LOADINGS AND DESIGN</text>
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<pageno>33</pageno>
<text>C4.1 Dual gauge sleepers</text>
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<text>C4.2 Turnouts and crossovers</text>
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<pageno>34</pageno>
<text>C4.3 Sleepers with additional rails (other than dual gauge sleepers)</text>
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<pageno>34</pageno>
<text>C5 FASTENINGS</text>
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<pageno>34</pageno>
<text>C6 TESTING</text>
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<pageno>34</pageno>
<text>C6.1 General</text>
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<text>C6.2 Additional fastening tests</text>
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<text>APPENDIX D - SLEEPER SHAPE</text>
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<text>D1 GENERAL</text>
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<text>D2 END DETAILS</text>
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<pageno>39</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX E - TRACK PANEL ASSEMBLY TEST</text>
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<pageno>39</pageno>
<text>E1 SCOPE</text>
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<pageno>39</pageno>
<text>E2 APPARATUS</text>
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<pageno>39</pageno>
<text>E3 PROCEDURE</text>
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<pageno>39</pageno>
<text>E4 REPORT</text>
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<pageno>40</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX F - RAIL SEAT ASSEMBLY REPEATED LOAD TEST</text>
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<pageno>40</pageno>
<text>F1 SCOPE</text>
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<pageno>40</pageno>
<text>F2 APPARATUS</text>
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<pageno>40</pageno>
<text>F3 PROCEDURE</text>
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<pageno>40</pageno>
<text>F4 REPORT</text>
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<pageno>43</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX G - LATERAL STABILITY TEST</text>
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<pageno>43</pageno>
<text>G1 SCOPE</text>
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<pageno>43</pageno>
<text>G2 APPARATUS</text>
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<pageno>43</pageno>
<text>G3 PROCEDURE</text>
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<pageno>44</pageno>
<text>G4 REPORT</text>
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<text>APPENDIX H - SLEEPER SPACING</text>
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Abstract
Specifies performance requirements for steel sleepers, covering track compatibility, service life, rail restraint and support, maintenacne, marking and handling. Methods are given for establishing loads and performing design. Appendices include deemed to comply sleeper profiles and tolerances, a number of test methdos, information for purchasers, and guidance on design of special sleepers.
RECONFIRMATION NOTICE
Technical Committee CE-002 has reviewed the content of this publication and in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation, it has been determined that the publication is still valid and does not require change.
Certain documents referenced in the publication may have been amended since the original date of publication. Users are advised to ensure that they are using the latest versions of such documents as appropriate, unless advised otherwise in this Reconfirmation Notice.
Approved for reconfirmation in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation on 13 September 2013.
The following are represented on Technical Committee CE-002:
Australasian Railway Association
Australian Industry Group
Monash University
Rail Track Association Australia
Railway Technical Society of Australasia
Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board
The Permanent Way Institution
Scope
This Standard specifies the performance requirements and gives design and testing methods for trough-shaped steel sleepers and their associated components for use in railway track. It also sets out requirements for the performance of rail-insulating components.
NOTES:
1 Sleepers are generally designed to suit a specific rail profile and gauge with a given fastening.
2 Guidance on information that should be provided by the purchaser and supplier is given in Appendix A.
3 Guidance on means for demonstrating compliance with this Standard is given in Appendix B.
4 Guidelines on the design and manufacture of special sleepers and fastenings are given in Appendix C.
General Product Information
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | Standards Australia |
| ProductNote | Reconfirmation Notice 10-10-2013 |
| Committee | CE-002 |
| Supersedes |
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