• Manuel Directives Volume VI – Danger, damage and disturbance
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER 1 – Introduction
    • 1.1 Aim and scope of the Directives
    • 1.2 Structure of the Directives
    • 1.3 Introduction to Volume VI
    • 1.4 Definitions
  • CHAPTER 2 – Electrical safety considerations
    • 2.0 Electrical safety considerations - Introduction
    • 2.1 Human physiological responses to electrical stimuli
    • 2.2 Establishing limits
    • 2.3 Equivalent circuit for calculating the body current
    • 2.4 Effect of operating procedures on safety
    • References
  • CHAPTER 3 – Conditions which may result in danger, damage and disturbance
    • 3.1 General
    • 3.2 Interfering effects of power systems and electrified railways
    • 3.3 Power system effects
    • 3.4 Effects of electrified railways
    • 3.5 Voltage levels
    • 3.6 Current levels
  • CHAPTER 4 – Conditions which may result in disturbance
    • 4.0 Introduction
    • 4.1 Balance
    • 4.2 Specification of balance
    • 4.3 Cable screening
    • 4.4 Sources of harmonics
    • 4.5 Relative levels of harmonics
    • 4.6 Effects of harmonics on neighbouring telecommunications lines
    • 4.7 Message circuit noise weighting
    • References
  • CHAPTER 5 – Permissible voltage and current levels to limit danger and damage
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 General principles
    • 5.3 Danger voltages: Limits
    • 5.4 Damage voltages
    • 5.5 Permissible capacitively - Coupled current
    • 5.6 Application of permissible voltage
    • 5.7 Other consideration
  • CHAPTER 6 – Permissible voltage and current levels to limit disturbance
    • 6.1 General
    • 6.2 Permissible disturbance
  • Appendix I – Determination of limits
  • I.1 Introduction
  • I.2 Calculating limiting voltages in typical situation
  • I.3 Calculating limiting voltages in severe situation
  • Appendix II – Calculating damage voltages