ISO/TS 18973:2025Published

Railway infrastructure — Rail fastening systems — Two directional test method for resistance to repeated loading

Infrastructure ferroviaire — Systèmes d'attache — Méthode d’essai bidirectionnel pour la determination de résistance aux charges répétitives

Abstract / scope

This document describes a test procedure for the determination of resistance to repeated loading by – amongst others – applying out-of-phase load cycles which generate forces in two directions, representative of those caused by traffic on railway track, taking into account the effect of two consecutive axles of passing railway vehicles.