prEN 12299

Railway applications - Ride comfort for passengers - Measurement and evaluation

prEN 12299

Name:prEN 12299   Standard name:Railway applications - Ride comfort for passengers - Measurement and evaluation
Standard number:prEN 12299   language:English language
Release Date:   technical committee:CEN/TC 256 - Railway applications
Drafting committee:CEN/TC 256/WG 7 - Ride comfort   ICS number:
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Railway applications - Ride comfort for passengers - Measurement and evaluation
Bahnanwendungen - Fahrkomfort für Fahrgäste - Messung und Auswertung
Applications ferroviaires - Confort de marche des voyageurs - Mesurage et évaluation
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 12299
ICS:
13.160 Vpliv vibracij in udarcev na Vibration and shock with
ljudi respect to human beings
45.060.20 Železniški vagoni Trailing stock
oSIST prEN 12299:2006 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 12299
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2006
ICS Will supersede ENV 12299:1999
English Version
Railway applications - Ride comfort for passengers -
Measurement and evaluation
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 256.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.
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Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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© 2006 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 12299:2006: E
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Contents Page
Foreword.6
1 Scope .7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms and definitions .7
3.1 Definitions .7
3.2 Reference system .8
3.3 List of symbols.9
4 General description .11
4.1 General.11
4.2 Passenger exposure to vibrations.12
4.3 Application .12
4.4 Characteristics of railway vehicle motions.13
4.5 Ride comfort for passengers.13
4.6 Direct and indirect measurements.13
4.7 Summary table of procedures .13
4.8 Application of comfort indices .14
5 Mean comfort and continuous comfort.15
5.1 General.15
5.2 Base of the method.16
5.3 Methodology.16
5.4 Test conditions .16
5.4.1 General.16
5.4.2 Selection of test sections .16
5.4.3 Test speed .17
5.4.4 Wheel-rail contact geometry.17
5.4.5 Vehicle condition .17
5.5 Parameters to be measured.17
5.5.1 General.17
5.5.2 Location of measuring points .17
5.5.3 Filtering.18
5.6 Definition of intermediate quantities .18
5.6.1 Symbols and indices .18
5.6.3 R.m.s.-values of weighted accelerations .19
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5.6.3 95 and 50 percentiles .20
5.7 Definition of comfort indexes .20
5.7.1 Continuous comfort.20
5.7.2 Mean comfort standard method.21
5.7.3 Mean comfort complete method .21
5.8 Test report .21
6 Comfort on curve transitions .21
6.1 General.21
6.2 Base of the method.22
6.3 Methodology.22
6.4 Test conditions .22
6.4.1 General.22
6.4.2 Selection of test sections .23
6.4.3 Test speed .23
6.4.4 Wheel-rail contact geometry.23
6.4.5 Vehicle condition .23
6.5 Parameters to be measured.23
6.5.1 General.23
6.5.2 Location of measuring points .23
6.5.3 Filtering.23
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6.6 Definition of intermediate quantities .23
6.6.1 Symbols and indices.23
6.6.2 Averaging procedure.24
6.6.3 Identification of transition intervals.25
6.6.4 Intermediate quantities .25
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6.7 Definition of comfort index .25
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6.8 Test report .26
6.9 Example diagrams .26
7 Comfort on discrete events .28
7.1 General.28
7.2 Base of the method .28
7.3 Methodology .28
7.4 Test conditions .29
7.4.1 General.29
7.4.2 Selection of test sections .29
7.4.3 Test speed .29
7.4.4 Wheel-rail contact geometry .29
7.4.5 Vehicle condition .29
7.5 Parameters to be measured .29
7.5.1 General.29
7.5.2 Location of measuring points .29
7.5.3 Filtering.29
7.6 Definition of intermediate quantities .30
7.6.1 Symbols and indices.30
7.6.2 Averaging procedure.30
7.6.3 Intermediate quantities .30
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7.7 Definition of comfort index .31
7.8 Test report .31
7.9 Example diagrams .31
8 Guide for the interpretation of the results (Informative) .32
8.1 General.32
8.2 Mean Comfort.32
8.3 Continuous Comfort.32
8.4 Comfort on curve transitions .33
8.5 Comfort on discrete events .33
Annex A (normative) Reference system.34
Annex B (normative) Measurement techniques .36
B.1 General.36
B.2 Measuring equipment.36
B.3 Seat measuring devices and their applications .37
Annex C (normative) Weighting curves .40
C.1 General.40
C.2 Filter functions.40
C.3 Tolerances.42
C.4 Diagrams .44
Annex D (informative) Presentation of test report .47
D.1 General.47
D.2 Aim of test .47
D.3 Test performer .47
D.4 References .47
D.5 Test conditions .47
D.6 Measurements and processing.48
D.7 Report on mean comfort and continuous comfort .49
D.8 Report on comfort in curve transitions.53
D.9 Reporting on comfort on discrete events .53
Annex E (normative) Guidelines for application to vehicle assessment with respect to Mean Comfort
Standard Method .55
E.1 General.55
E.2 Track geometric quality .55
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E.3 Possible modifications of the methods for mean comfort evaluation.56
E.4 Test conditions .56
E.5 Test report .57
Annex F (informative) Guideline for the application of direct tests .58
Annex G (informative) Workflow for numerical integration .59
Annex H (informative) D e t e r m i n i n g quantities .60
Bibliography .62

Bilder
Figure 1 — Locations of measuring points Passenger coach (Conventional or articulated).18
Figure 2 — Location of measuring points Double-Deck train (Conventional or articulated) .18
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Figure 3 — Interpretation of the terms, and in the in formula.26
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Figure 4 — Figure 4 — Interpretation of the term in the formula.27
Figure 5 — Relevant time intervals on curve transition .27
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Figure 6 — Interpretation of y (t) and y (t) for calculation of P .31
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Figure A.1 — Local reference system for a carbody.34
Figure A.2 — Local reference systems for a person in a seated position.35
Figure A.3 — Local reference system for a person in standing position .35
Figure B.1 — Seat pan measuring device (for y- and z-direction).37
Figure B.2 — Seat pan measuring device .38
Figure B.3 — Seat back measurement device .38
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Figure C.1 — Tolerances for .42
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Figure C.2 — Tolerances for .43
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Figure C.3 — Tolerances .43
Figure C.4 — Tolerances for W .44
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Figure C.5 — Magnitude of the alternative frequency weighting for vertical vibration along the z-axis
on the floor and seat pan .44
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Figure C.6 — Magnitude of the frequency weighting for horizontal vibration along the x-axis, for the
seat back.45
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Figure C.7 — Magnitude of the frequency weighting for horizontal vibration along the x- or y-axis on
the floor, or along the y-axis on the seat pan .45
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Figure C.8 — Magnitude of the frequency weighting for lateral acceleration for and , and
P
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for roll velocity for evaluation.46
Figure D.1 — Continuous Comfort - Collection of five-minute periods (selected periods marked grey)50
Figure D.2 — Example of Continuous Comfort and statistical distribution for a five-minute period.51
Figure D.3 — Example of weighted (bold line) and un-weighted (thin line) power spectral density of floor
level acceleration in x, y and z directions (Duration: 307,2 s / Sampling rate: 400 Hz / FFT :
2048 points).52
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Figure D.4 — of time series for evaluation .54

Tabellen
Table 1 — Items considered by this standard .12
Table 2 — Motion quantities and measurement position of estimation of ride comfort.14
Table 3 — Motion Specification of different comfort indices for estimations of ride comfort and Vehicle
assessment with respect to ride comfort.14
Table 4 — Guidance to use the different comfort indices for other applications.15
Table 5 — Constants for P comfort index.25
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Table 6 — Constants for P comfort index.31
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Table 7 — Scale for the N comfort index .32
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Table 8 — Preliminary scale for the and comfort indexes .32
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Table C.1 — Weighting curves .40
Table C.2 — Parameters and transfer functions of the frequency weightings .40
Table C.3 — Tolerances on weighting curves .42
Table H.1 — Determining quantities for Mean Comfort.60
Table H.2 — Determining quantities for Comfort in curve transitions and discrete events.61

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Foreword
This document (prEN 12299:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 256 “Railway applications”,
the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede ENV 12299:1999.
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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies methods for quantifying the effects of car 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.
The scope of the standard is limited to public railway services; the standard includes railway vehicles designed for
carrying passengers travelling on railway lines, including secondary and suburban lines. However, this standard can
be used as a guide for other railway vehicles, for example locomotives, metros, trams, etc.
The standard applies to passengers in good health.
This standard applies to measurements of motions, but can also be used for simulations.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
EN 14363:2005, Railway applications — Testing for the acceptance of running characteristics of railway vehicles —
Testing of running behaviour and stationary tests
ISO 2631-1, Mechanical vibration and shock — Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration —
Part 1: General requirements
ISO 5348, Mechanical vibration and shock — Mechanical mounting of accelerometers
ISO 5353, Earth-moving machinery, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry — Seat index point
ISO 8002, Mechanical vibrations — Land vehicles — Method for reporting measured data
ISO 8041, Human response to vibration — Measuring instrumentation
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1.1
passengers
people travelling in a railway vehicle, without specific activities related to the transport
3.1.2
ride comfort
the complex sensation produced during the application of oscillations and/or inertia forces, via whole-body
transmission caused by the railway vehicle’s car body motions
3.1.3
interfaces
the contact parts between the car body or seat and the passenger with the function of sustaining and guiding the
passenger and of transmitting the weight of the same to the car body itself, e.g. floor-feet
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3.1.4
mean comfort
a mean feeling, continuously adjusted, as evaluated through measurement on a long-time basis (at least some
minutes)
3.1.5
continuous comfort
a level of accelerations, ISO frequency weighted continuously evaluated as a set of root mean square values in
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