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BS EN 13814-1:2019+A1:2024

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Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices – Design and manufacture

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This document specifies the minimum requirements necessary to ensure the safe design, calculation, manufacture, and installation of mobile, temporary or permanently installed machinery and structures which are intended for use by persons as a leisure activity, e.g. roundabouts, swings, boats, ferris wheels, roller coasters, chutes, booths, side shows, and structures for artistic aerial displays. The above items are hereafter called amusement devices, which are intended to be installed both repeatedly without degradation or loss of integrity, and temporarily or permanently in fairgrounds and amusement parks or any other locations. Grandstands, construction site installations, scaffolding, removable agricultural structures, simple coin operated children’s amusement devices, carrying up to three children, and recreational devices like waterslides or summer toboggan runs, playground equipment, rope courses, climbing wall, inflatable, trampolines, swimming pool equipment (this list is not exhaustive) are not covered by this document. For all the equipment not covered by the requirements of EN 13814-1, the relevant standards apply. Nevertheless this document can be used in the design of any similar structural or passenger carrying amusement device not explicitly mentioned herein. In terms of workers’ health and safety, national regulations apply. This document is applicable to manufacturing and major modification of amusement devices and rides for designs after the effective date of publication.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 undefined
10 1 Scope
2 Normative references
13 3 Terms and definitions
18 4 Requirements for design analysis
4.1 Design documents
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Design risk assessment
4.1.3 Description of design and operation
4.1.4 Design and manufacturing drawings
19 4.1.5 Principles of analysis
20 4.2 Selection of materials
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Recommended steels
4.2.2.1 General
4.2.2.2 Steels for structural components
21 4.2.2.3 Steels for machinery and mechanisms
4.2.3 Aluminium alloy
4.2.4 Timber
4.2.5 Plastic composites
4.2.6 Concrete
4.2.7 Fasteners for structural components
4.2.8 Standards relating to ropes, chains, safety devices, connectors and adapters
4.2.8.1 General
4.2.8.2 Steel ropes
22 4.2.8.3 Fibre ropes
4.2.8.4 Chains
4.3 Design loads
4.3.1 General
23 4.3.2 Permanent actions
4.3.3 Variable actions
4.3.3.1 Imposed loads
25 4.3.3.2 Driving forces and braking forces
4.3.3.3 Bracing and restraint loads
4.3.3.4 Wind loads
26 4.3.3.5 Snow loads
27 4.3.3.6 Inertia forces (centrifugal forces, gyroscopic forces and Coriolis forces)
4.3.3.7 Intentional collision during operation
4.3.4 Seismic forces
28 4.3.5 Applicable coefficients
4.3.5.1 General
4.3.5.2 Impacts
4.3.5.3 Vibration of structural track components
4.3.5.4 Combined impact and vibration factors
29 4.3.6 Load combination
4.3.6.1 General
4.3.6.2 Fundamental combinations
4.3.6.3 Accidental combination
4.3.6.4 Fatigue combination
30 4.4 Structural analysis – Principles
4.4.1 General
31 4.4.2 Analysis principles for various types of rides
4.4.2.1 Conditions for calculating rotating type amusement devices
4.4.2.2 Design and analysis principles for passenger carrying units
4.4.2.3 Roundabouts with several motions
32 4.4.2.4 Roller coasters with rail track-bound vehicles
35 4.4.3 Other railways with track-bound vehicles
4.4.3.1 Conventional railways
4.4.3.2 Suspended railways (or coasters)
36 4.5 Verification of stability
4.5.1 Safety against overturning, sliding and lifting
4.5.1.1 General
37 4.5.1.2 Overturning
4.5.1.3 Sliding
38 4.5.1.4 Lifting
4.6 Ground anchorage
4.6.1 General
39 4.6.2 Design load bearing capacity of weight anchors
4.6.3 Design load bearing capacity of rod anchors
41 4.6.4 Testing of anchors (Numbering)
4.6.5 Calculation of loads on anchors
42 4.6.6 Further requirements
43 4.6.7 Ground support for packing
4.7 Verification of strength
4.7.1 General
44 4.7.2 Predominantly static stress
4.7.3 Fluctuating stress
4.7.3.1 Fatigue assessment of structural components
46 4.7.3.2 Fatigue assessment of machine components (welded and non-welded)
47 4.7.4 Bolts
49 4.7.5 Ropes, chains, safety devices, connectors and adapters
4.7.5.1 Ropes, chains, belts and straps
51 4.7.5.2 Passenger safety locking devices
4.7.5.3 Connectors and adapters
4.8 Structural design and construction
4.8.1 Arrangement, accessibility
4.8.2 Locking and safety devices for fasteners
4.8.3 Joints intended for regular dismantling
52 4.8.4 Designing of components subject to fluctuating loads
4.8.5 Supports
4.8.6 Central masts
4.8.7 Prevention of corrosion and rot
5 Requirements for design and manufacture of rides and structures
5.1 Risk reduction by prevailing design and safety measures
5.1.1 General
53 5.1.2 Risk assessment
5.1.2.1 General
5.1.2.2 Design Risk Assessment (DRA)
5.1.2.3 Operation and Use Risk Assessment (OURA)
5.1.2.4 Hazard analysis
54 5.1.3 Risk reduction for platforms, ramps, floors, stairs and walkways
5.1.3.1 General
5.1.3.2 Platforms and ramps
55 5.1.3.3 Stairs
57 5.1.3.4 Moving walkways, travelators and similar
58 5.1.4 Risk reduction by the use of barriers, fencing and guarding
5.1.4.1 Protection against falls from one level to another barriers, fencing and guarding
59 5.1.4.2 Protection against crushing, impact or entanglement
60 5.1.4.3 Fences and Barriers
62 5.1.5 Guarding of machinery parts
5.1.6 Risk reduction in the case of access and egress
5.1.6.1 Access to and egress from passengers units
64 5.1.7 Risk reduction for passengers units
5.1.7.1 Safety distances from passengers units (Safety Envelope)
69 5.1.7.2 Restraint devices limiting passenger movement
77 5.1.7.3 Doors
5.1.7.4 Seats
5.1.7.5 Passenger containment
5.1.8 Requirements by special provisions
5.1.8.1 Criteria relative to passenger characteristics
78 5.1.8.2 Passengers with special needs
5.1.8.3 Wind measuring devices
5.2 Supplementary safety requirements for various types of amusement device
5.2.1 Amusement rides with vertical axis
5.2.1.1 General
79 5.2.1.2 Area separation systems access and egress openings
5.2.1.3 Passenger units
80 5.2.2 Amusement rides with horizontal axis
5.2.2.1 General
81 5.2.2.2 Area separation systems and access and egress openings
5.2.2.3 Passenger units
5.2.2.4 Restraints
82 5.2.2.5 Miscellaneous
5.2.3 Rail-guided channel or track-bound amusement devices
5.2.3.1 General
5.2.3.2 Area separation systems and access and egress openings
83 5.2.3.3 Passenger units
5.2.3.4 Restraints
5.2.3.5 Miscellaneous
5.2.3.6 Roller coaster track
84 5.2.4 Dodgem cars/Bumper cars
5.2.4.1 General
86 5.2.4.2 Area separating system and access and egress openings
5.2.4.3 Passenger units
87 5.2.4.4 Miscellaneous
5.2.4.5 Electromechanical requirements for dodgem cars
89 5.2.5 Speedways/Go-karts
5.2.5.1 General
5.2.5.2 Area separating system and access and egress openings
5.2.5.3 Passenger units
5.2.5.4 Restraints
5.2.5.5 Miscellaneous
5.2.6 Mini-motorbikes for children
5.2.6.1 Area separating system and access and egress openings
90 5.2.6.2 Passenger units
5.2.6.3 Restraints
5.2.6.4 Miscellaneous
5.2.7 Boat rides
5.2.7.1 General
5.2.7.2 Area separation system and access and egress
5.2.7.3 Passenger units
5.2.7.4 Restraints
5.2.7.5 Miscellaneous
91 5.2.8 Flume rides
5.2.8.1 Area separating system and access and egress openings
5.2.8.2 Passenger units
92 5.2.8.3 Restraints
5.2.8.4 Miscellaneous
5.2.9 Helter skelters, slides, etc
5.2.9.1 General
5.2.9.2 Area separation system and access and egress openings
93 5.2.9.3 Passenger units
5.2.9.4 Restraints
5.2.9.5 Miscellaneous
5.2.10 Side shows, booths, win-a-prize and sales stands, mazes, halls of mirrors, fun houses, labyrinths, hammers, ring the bell and similar
5.2.10.1 Fun houses
94 5.2.10.2 Hall of mirrors
95 5.2.10.3 Win-a-prize and sales stands
5.2.10.4 The hammer, ring the bell and similar installations
5.2.10.5 !Deleted”
5.2.10.6 Maneges
5.2.11 Shooting stands and trailers, shooting devices
5.2.11.1 Area separation system and access and egress openings
5.2.11.2 Miscellaneous
96 5.2.11.3 Weapons
5.2.11.4 Ammunition
5.2.11.5 Targets
97 5.3 Mechanical systems
5.3.1 Hydraulic and pneumatic devices
5.3.1.1 General requirements
5.3.1.2 Design
5.3.1.3 Travelling limits
5.3.1.4 Piping
98 5.3.1.5 Hoses
5.3.1.6 Reservoir
5.3.1.7 Venting
5.3.1.8 Pressure limits
5.3.1.9 Fail to safe
5.3.1.10 Checking
5.3.1.11 Lowering
5.3.1.12 Protection
5.3.1.13 Emergency
99 5.3.1.14 Cleanliness
5.3.2 Lifting and elevating units being integral part of a ride
5.3.2.1 General
5.3.2.2 Hoist unit brake
5.3.2.3 Limitation of the lifting and lowering movement
5.3.2.4 Overload protection
5.3.2.5 Slack rope or chain protection
5.3.2.6 Safety devices
100 5.3.2.7 Suspension elements
101 5.3.2.8 Hydraulic drives
5.3.2.9 Power screw drives
5.3.2.10 Rack and pinion drives
5.3.2.11 Pneumatic drives
102 5.4 Manufacture and supply
5.4.1 Manufacturer
5.4.1.1 General
5.4.1.2 Requirements for the personnel
5.4.1.3 Subcontracting and supply
5.4.2 Quality assurance — Quality plan
5.4.2.1 General
103 5.4.2.2 Material Quality requirements
5.4.2.3 Safety-related axles, shafts, bolts and pins
5.4.2.4 Certificates
5.4.2.5 Documentation
104 5.4.3 Manufacturing process
5.4.3.1 General
5.4.3.2 Durability
5.4.3.3 Welding procedure
5.4.3.4 Steel welding
105 5.4.3.5 Aluminium welding
5.4.3.6 Standards and requirements for non-destructive testing of welds
5.4.3.7 Plastic composites
5.4.4 Safety precautions to be taken by the manufacturer
106 5.4.5 Electrical installations
5.5 Supply
5.5.1 Manuals
5.5.1.1 General
5.5.1.2 Assembly and dismantling instructions
5.5.1.3 Operating instructions
107 5.5.1.4 Maintenance instructions
5.5.2 Special information
108 5.5.3 Drawings and diagrams
5.6 Design documentation
5.6.1 General
109 5.6.2 Description of installation and technical specification/information
5.7 Amusement Device Log
5.7.1 General
5.7.1.1 General
5.7.1.2 Content
111 5.8 Official technical dossier
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 Content
5.8.3 Identification marking
113 Annex A (normative)Electrical equipment and control systems
A.1 Electrical equipment
A.1.1 General
A.1.2 Protection against electric shocks
A.1.2.1 General
114 A.1.2.2 Sliding contacts
A.1.2.3 Earthing systems
A.1.3 Protection against lightning
A.1.4 Lighting
A.1.4.1 General
A.1.4.2 Emergency lighting
115 A.1.5 Generators
A.1.6 Heaters and light fittings
A.1.7 Communication !means”
A.2 Control Systems
A.2.1 General
A.2.1.1 General
A.2.1.2 SRCS particular requirements
116 A.2.2 Safety-related control functions
A.2.2.1 General
A.2.2.2 Start functions
A.2.2.3 Evacuation
117 A.2.2.4 Stop functions
A.2.3 Safety-related parameters
118 A.2.4 Passenger restraints
A.2.4.1 General
A.2.4.2 Safety integrity requirements
119 A.2.4.3 Loss of Power
A.2.5 Fall Prevention
A.2.5.1 General
A.2.5.2 Safety integrity requirements
120 A.2.6 Inhibiting of safety functions
121 A.2.7 Operating modes
A.2.7.1 General
A.2.7.2 Operating mode selection
A.2.7.3 Pre-operating mode
A.2.7.4 Operating modes
122 A.2.7.5 Non-operating mode
123 A.2.8 Collision prevention safety function
A.2.8.1 General
A.2.8.2 Requirements
A.2.8.3 Requirements for safety-related powered stopping and slowing devices
124 A.2.8.4 System Validation
125 Annex B (informative)Control systems – Best practices
B.1 Security
B.2 Example block zone logic
B.3 Requirements for the positioning of sensors and stopping devices
127 Annex C (informative)Guidance on design of passenger containment
132 Annex D (informative)Amusement Device Log for an amusement device
153 Annex E (informative)List of main hazards, hazardous situations and events for spectators and passengers during the operation and use of amusement rides
157 Annex F (informative)Guest behaviour
F.1 Scope
F.2 Terms and definitions
F.2.1 General
F.2.2 Boarding passengers
F.2.3 Riding passengers
F.2.4 Exiting passengers
F.2.5 Waiting passenger
F.2.6 Behaviour
F.2.7 Foreseeable behaviour
158 F.2.8 Parent or Supervision Companion
F.2.9 Child
F.2.10 Information to public
F.2.11 Parents or Supervision Companions accompanying children
F.3 Classification of age and basic capabilities
160 F.4 Human factors
F.5 General Strategy of Risk mitigation in Guest Behaviour
F.5.1 General
F.5.2 Adults
161 F.5.3 Refusal of access
F.5.4 Normal Behaviour
F.5.5 Unacceptable behaviour
162 Annex G (informative)Limited accessibility to amusement devices
164 Annex H (informative)Safety envelope for passengers
H.1 Design Criteria
H.2 Anthropometric Basis
H.3 Methods for Defining Safety Envelope Boundaries
H.3.1 Documentation
165 H.3.2 Prerequisites
H.3.3 Safety envelopes
H.3.3.1 General
H.3.3.2 Safety envelope by this standard (Type 1)
H.3.3.3 Safety envelope by analysis of anthropometric data (Type 2)
H.3.3.4 Publicly documented Safety envelopes (Type 3)
H.3.4 Hazards and related safety envelope class
167 Annex I (informative)Acceleration effects on passengers
I.1 Medical tolerance – General
168 I.2 Rides
I.2.1 General
I.2.2 General Definitions and Limitations
I.2.2.1 Limitations / excluded influences
I.2.2.2 Accelerations
I.2.3 Acceleration in X-Direction
170 I.2.4 Acceleration in Y-Direction
171 I.2.5 Acceleration in Z-direction (parallel to Spine)
172 I.2.6 Combinations
173 I.3 Reversals
I.3.1 Reversals in X and Y
174 I.3.2 Transitions in Z
176 I.4 Example obtaining admissible accelerations
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