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• 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