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BS 11:1959

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

Flat bottom railway rails

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-08-1978

Language(s)

English

Published date

25-02-1959

$618.22
Including GST where applicable

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
SPECIFICATION
SECTION ONE: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. Scope
2. Flat bottom railway rail sections
3. Quality and chemical composition of the steel
4. Marking
5. Templates
6. Notice of rolling
7. Manufacture
8. Rails to conform to template
9. Permissible variation in dimensions
10. Freedom from defects
11. Testing facilities
12. Facilities for inspection of manufacture
13. Chemical analysis after rolling
14. Number of chemical analyses after rolling
15. Falling weight test
16. Number of falling weight tests
17. Tensile test and test pieces
18. Number of tensile tests
19. Pendulum impact test and test pieces
20. Number of pendulum impact tests
21. Tests at manufacturer's works
22. Additional chemical analyses, and mechanical test
    before rejection
23. Independent chemical analyses and tensile tests
24. Straightening
25. Sawing
26. Length of rails
27. Length of rails for matching
28. Permissible variation in length of rails
29. Calculated weight
30. Holes in rails
31. Marking of accepted rails
32. Rejection
APPENDICES
A. Falling weight testing machines for rails
B. Holing of flat bottom railway rails

Pertains to flat bottom railway rails.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
0
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded

BS 47-1:1991 Fishplates for railway rails Specification for rolled steel fishplates
BS 103(1926) : LATEST FALLING WEIGHT TESTING MACHINES FOR RAILS
BS 350:2004 Conversion factors for units
BS 18-2:1971 Methods for tensile testing of metals Steel (general)

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