DIN EN 16730:2016-09

This European Standard is applicable to concrete sleepers or bearers with under sleeper pads physically bonded to concrete used in ballast track and defines the test procedures and their acceptance criteria.This standard provides particular information in the following areas:- test methods, test arrangements and acceptance criteria of under sleeper pads;- test methods, test arrangements and acceptance criteria of concrete sleepers and bearers with under sleeper pads;- data supplied by the purchaser and by the supplier;- definition of general process of homologation;- definition of routine tests.This standard defines the specific test procedures for under sleeper pads with or without concrete sleepers and bearers:- fatigue tests;- capability for stacked stocking of sleepers with USP;- pull-out test;- severe environmental condition test.