Amendment to IRC:24-2010

Amendment No. 1 / IRC:24-2010/ January 2014

To
IRC:24-2010 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section V
Steel Road Bridges (Limit State Method) (Third Revision)
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1. 504.3 The distance between centres of the main Replace main girders by main outermost
girders shall be sufficient to resist overturning girders
(Page 36)
or over stressing due to lateral forces and
loading conditions

2. 504.4(b) For rolled steel joists and plate girders Replace plate girders by uniform depth plate
girders
(Page 36)

3. 504.6.2(a) Beams and plate girders upto and including Substitute the following for the existing:

4.
(Page 37)

507.5.1.2
(Page 63)
C
35 m span need not be cambered

Loaded through one Leg

It is not mandatory to camber beams and plate
girders upto and including 35 m span

Add the following at after the word below:

The flexural torsional buckling strength of in place of in clause 507.1.2.1 and using
single angle loaded in compression through curve C ( = 0.49) of Fig. 5
one of its legs may be evaluated using the
equivalent slenderness ratio e as given
below:
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5. 509.3.1 Both flanges fully restrained Substitute the following for the existing:
Table 12 Both flanges partially restrained.
(Page 86)
Second Column
Warping
Restraint Line
1

6. 509.3.1 In simply supported beams with intermediate Substitute the following for the existing:
lateral restraints against lateral torsional
Para 2 In simply supported beams with intermediate
buckling the effective length for lateral
lateral restraints against lateral torsional
(Pages 86 & 87) torsional buckling to be used in Clause
buckling, the effective length for lateral torsional
509.2.2.1, LLT, shall be taken as the length of
buckling, LLT to be used in Clause 509.2.2.1
the relevant segment in between the lateral
shall be taken as the length of the relevant
restraints. The effective length shall be
segment in between the lateral restraints. In
equal to 1.2 times the length of the relevant
case of intermediate partial lateral restraints, the
segment in between the lateral restraints.
effective length LLT shall be taken as equal to
1.2 times the length of the relevant segment in
between the partial lateral restraints.

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 Amendment to IRC:24-2010

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7. 509.4.2.2(b) tan-1(d/c) Substitute the following for the existing:

(Page 94) d

-1 c
nearly tan
1.5

8. 509.5.1 Panel B is designed without utilizing tension Substitute the following for the existing:
filed action as given in Clause 509.4.2.2(a)
Fig.7 Note 2 Panel B is designed using simple post-critical
method as given in Clause 509.4.2.2(a)
(Page 95)

9. 514.4.5 Erection scheme of the bridge shall be Substitute the following for the existing:
checked to ensure the adequacy of the
(Page 170) All components of the bridge structure shall
affected components of the bridge structure

10. 514.5.9
(Page 171)
erection.

C
and safety of the bridge at all stages of
be checked against temporary forces, to which
these will be subjected to during various stages
of erection, to ensure safety during erection.

The method of erection, as also the drawing Substitute the following for the existing:
of the temporary work and the use of erection
equipment, shall be subject to the approval
by the Engineer.
The Engineer shall approve the procedure of
erection, drawings of temporary works and use
of erection equipment, prior to commencement
of erection.
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