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BS EN 13107:2015 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. Civil engineering works, 2016
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Units and symbols
- 5 General requirements [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Application of this standard
- 5.2 Safety principles
- 5.3 Safety analysis [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 Reliability differentiation
- 5.3.2 Design situations
- 5.3.3 Design working life
- 5.3.4
- 5.3.4 Durability
- 6 Combinations of actions and safety measures [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Combinations of actions
- 6.2 Safety measures
- 7 Actions and environmental influences [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General [Go to Page]
- 7.1.1 Principal classifications
- 7.1.2 Characteristic and representative values of actions
- 7.1.3 Environmental influences
- 7.2 Actions for aerial ropeways [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 General
- 7.2.2 Permanent actions [Go to Page]
- 7.2.2.1 General
- 7.2.2.2 Self-weight
- 7.2.2.3 Ground actions
- 7.2.3 Variable actions [Go to Page]
- 7.2.3.1 General
- 7.2.3.2 Actions induced by ropes and carriers
- 7.2.3.3 Dynamic actions
- 7.2.3.4 Friction effects
- 7.2.3.5 Imposed loads
- 7.2.3.6 Forces against guides
- 7.2.3.7 Wind actions
- 7.2.3.8 Snow actions
- 7.2.3.9 Ice loads
- 7.2.3.10 Forces due to driving and breaking
- 7.2.3.11 Actions resulting from maintenance work - tensioning, lifting, pulling down
- 7.2.3.12 Buffer forces
- 7.2.4 Accidental actions [Go to Page]
- 7.2.4.1 General
- 7.2.4.2 Actions against buffers (accidental)
- 7.2.4.3 Wind actions out of operation on unloaded carriers
- 7.2.4.4 Onboard braking forces
- 7.2.4.5 Forces due to deropement
- 7.2.4.6 Jamming grips
- 7.2.4.7 Complete deropement of a single rope on one side
- 7.2.4.8 Severance of a signal rope
- 7.2.4.9 Avalanches, rock slides and debris flows
- 7.2.4.10 Seismic actions
- 7.2.4.11 Impact of vehicles
- 7.2.4.12 Fire
- 7.2.4.13 Overpressure or underpressure of hydraulic tensioning devices
- 7.2.5 Other actions and effects
- 7.3 Actions for funicular railways [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 General
- 7.3.2 Permanent actions [Go to Page]
- 7.3.2.1 General
- 7.3.2.2 Self-weight
- 7.3.2.3 Ground actions
- 7.3.3 Variable actions [Go to Page]
- 7.3.3.1 General
- 7.3.3.2 Actions induced by rope(s)
- 7.3.3.3 Actions induced by carriers
- 7.3.3.4 Dynamic actions
- 7.3.3.5 Nosing force
- 7.3.3.6 Imposed loads
- 7.3.3.7 Wind actions
- 7.3.3.8 Snow actions
- 7.3.3.9 Ice loads
- 7.3.3.10 Forces due to driving and braking
- 7.3.3.11 Actions resulting from maintenance work - tensioning, lifting, pulling down
- 7.3.3.12 Buffer Forces
- 7.3.4 Accidental actions [Go to Page]
- 7.3.4.1 General
- 7.3.4.2 Forces against buffers (extreme)
- 7.3.4.3 Onboard braking forces
- 7.3.4.4 Derailment
- 7.3.4.5 Avalanches, rock slides and debris flows
- 7.3.4.6 Seismic actions
- 7.3.4.7 Impact of vehicles
- 7.3.4.8 Fire
- 7.3.4.9 Overpressure of hydraulic tensioning devices
- 7.3.5 Other actions and effects
- 7.4 Actions for ski-tows [Go to Page]
- 7.4.1 General
- 7.4.2 Permanent actions [Go to Page]
- 7.4.2.1 General
- 7.4.2.2 Self-weight
- 7.4.2.3 Ground actions
- 7.4.3 Variable actions [Go to Page]
- 7.4.3.1 General
- 7.4.3.2 Actions induced by ropes and tow-hangers
- 7.4.3.3 Dynamic actions
- 7.4.3.4 Friction effects
- 7.4.3.5 Imposed loads
- 7.4.3.6 Wind actions
- 7.4.3.7 Snow actions
- 7.4.3.8 Ice loads
- 7.4.3.9 Forces induced by the drive and the brakes
- 7.4.3.10 Actions induced as a result of maintenance work - tensioning, lifting, pulling down
- 7.4.4 Accidental actions [Go to Page]
- 7.4.4.1 General
- 7.4.4.2 Forces against buffers (extreme)
- 7.4.4.3 Forces due to deropement
- 7.4.4.4 Jamming grips
- 7.4.4.5 Complete deropement of a single rope on one side
- 7.4.4.6 Severance of a signal rope
- 7.4.4.7 Avalanches and stone fall
- 7.4.4.8 Seismic actions
- 7.4.4.9 Impact of vehicles
- 7.4.4.10 Fire
- 7.4.4.11 Overpressure of hydraulic tensioning devices
- 7.4.5 Other actions and effects
- 8 Limit states [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Limit state design
- 9 Verifications [Go to Page]
- 9.1 General
- 9.2 Design values of actions
- 9.3 Verification of ultimate limit state [Go to Page]
- 9.3.1 General
- 9.3.2 Verification of static equilibrium and strength (ground, components)
- 9.3.3 Combination of actions
- 9.3.4 Partial factors
- 9.4 Verification of serviceability limit state [Go to Page]
- 9.4.1 General
- 9.4.2 Verification of serviceability limit states
- 9.4.3 Combination of actions
- 9.4.4 Deformations
- 9.4.5 Rotations
- 9.4.6 Vibrations of work platforms
- 9.5 Verification of fatigue [Go to Page]
- 9.5.1 General
- 9.5.2 Fatigue loading
- 9.5.3 Fatigue loads for continuous circulation
- Figure 1 — Reduction factor [Go to Page]
- 9.5.4 Fatigue loads for monocable group ropeways and group aerial ropeways
- 9.5.5 Fatigue loads for double cableway installations
- 9.5.6 Fatigue loads for funicular railways
- 9.5.7 Fatigue resistance
- 9.5.8 Verification
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- Table 4 — Damage equivalence factor ( (correction factor) [Go to Page]
- 9.6 Fire design verifications
- 10 Type of construction [Go to Page]
- 10.1 Concrete structures [Go to Page]
- 10.1.1 General
- 10.1.2 Foundations
- 10.1.3 Bridges of funicular railways and ski-tows
- 10.1.4 Structures subjected to fatigue
- 10.2 Steel structures [Go to Page]
- 10.2.1 General
- 10.2.2 Steel grade and quality
- 10.2.3 Bridges of funicular railways and ski-tows
- 10.2.4 Structures subjected to fatigue
- 10.3 Composite steel and concrete structures
- 10.4 Timber structures
- 10.5 Geotechnical construction works
- 10.6 Seismic design
- 10.7 Aluminium structures [Go to Page]
- 10.7.1 Buildings
- 10.7.2 Structures subjected to fatigue
- 11 Components [Go to Page]
- 11.1 Foundations – General
- 11.2 Spread foundations [Go to Page]
- 11.2.1 Verification of ultimate limit state for spread foundations [Go to Page]
- 11.2.1.1 Verification of the static equilibrium (EQU)
- 11.2.1.2 Foundation Verification (STR)
- 11.2.1.3 Ground seepage and ground failure verification (GEO)
- 11.2.1.4 Sliding resistance verification (GEO)
- 11.2.2 Verification of the serviceability limit state for spread foundations
- 11.3 Deep foundations – anchors and piling [Go to Page]
- 11.3.1 If deep foundations are executed, these shall be designed in accordance with EN 1997-1, whereby the special requirements for cableway installations shall be observed. Both anchors and piling can be used for deep foundations.
- 11.4 Railings, balustrades, and barriers [Go to Page]
- 11.4.1 General
- 11.4.2 Railings in public areas
- 11.4.3 Railings in work areas
- 11.5 Connection between steel line support structure and foundation [Go to Page]
- 11.5.1 The connections of steel line support structures to their concrete foundations shall be ensured by anchor bolts that are usually prestressed against the concrete.
- 11.6 Line structures of funicular railways [Go to Page]
- 11.6.1 Track
- 11.6.2 Track infrastructure
- 11.6.3 Track superstructure [Go to Page]
- 11.6.3.1 For gradients steeper than 300 ‰, sleepers and/or rails shall be fixed on the track infrastructure (solid track). Particular regard shall be paid to the fixings of sleepers and rails, namely:
- 11.6.3.2 The choice of the rail section depends on:
- 11.6.4 Bridges
- 11.6.5 Tunnels and galleries
- 11.7 Bridges for ski-tows
- 12 Protection of workers [Go to Page]
- 12.1 General
- 12.2 Work platforms
- 12.3 Access to work platforms
- 12.4 Gangways for return stations
- 12.5 Rope lifting devices and roller batteries
- 12.6 Running rails for carriers
- 12.7 Provisions for load handling devices
- 12.8 Handling devices for drive elements
- 12.9 Anchor points for tensioning ropes
- Annex A (normative) Documentation [Go to Page]
- A.1 General
- A.2 General data
- A.3 Technical documents [Go to Page]
- A.3.1 General
- A.3.2 Utilization plan (requirements specification)
- A.3.3 Project principles / Specifications / Technical Report
- A.4 Verifications and calculations [Go to Page]
- A.4.1 Verifications
- A.4.2 Calculations
- A.4.3 Plans
- A.5 Records
- Annex B (informative) Extracts from the EN 1990:2002 [Go to Page]
- B.1 General
- B.2 Terms and definitions
- B.3 Safety principles (essential requirements)
- B.4 Safety analysis [Go to Page]
- B.4.1 Reliability differentiation [EN 1990:2002, 2.2]
- B.4.2 Durability [EN 1990:2002, 2.4]
- B.4.3 Design situations [EN 1990:2002, 3.2]
- B.5 Safety measures [Go to Page]
- B.5.1 Assumptions [EN 1990:2002, 1.3]
- B.5.2 Further safety measures
- B.5.3 Quality management [EN 1990:2002, 2.5]
- B.6 Fundamentals for limit state design [Go to Page]
- B.6.1 General [EN 1990:2002, 3.1]
- B.6.2 Ultimate limit states [EN 1990:2002, 3.3]
- B.6.3 Serviceability limit states [EN 1990:2002, 3.4]
- Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2000/9/EC relative to cableway installations designed to carry persons [Go to Page]