BS EN 12299:2009 Railway applications. Ride comfort for passengers. Measurement and evaluation
BS EN 12299 specifies methods for quantifying the effects of vehicle body motions on ride comfort for passengers and vehicle assessment with respect to ride comfort. The effect considered is: Discomfort, associated with relatively low levels of acceleration and roll velocity.
Other effects, not included in the standard, are associated with higher acceleration levels:
Health risk effect: physical damage and psychological deterioration.
BS EN 12299 applies to passengers travelling in railway vehicles on railway lines, including main, secondary and suburban lines. This standard could be used as a guide for other railway vehicles, for example locomotives, metros, trams, etc.
BS EN 12299 applies to passengers in good health. It applies to measurements of motions and to simulated motions.
Contents of BS EN 12299:
- Foreword
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- Symbols, units and abbreviations
- General description
- Mean Comfort and Continuous Comfort
- Comfort on Curve Transitions
- Comfort on Discrete Events
- Guide for the interpretation of the results (Informative)
- Reference system
- Measurement techniques
- Weighting curves
- Presentation of test report
- Guideline for the application of direct tests
- Workflow for numerical integration
- Determining quantities
- Bibliography