Amendment to IRC:6-2014

Amendment No. 1/IRC:6-2014/January 2014

To
IRC:6-2014 “Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for
Road Bridges, Section II – Loads and Stresses”
(Revised Edition)

Proposed New Clauses

Under Clause 201 after IRC Class B Loading
IRC Class Special Vehicle (SV) Loading: This loading is to be adopted for design of new bridges in select
corridors where passage of trailer vehicles carrying stator units, turbines, heavy equipment and machinery
may occur occasionally. This loading represents a spectrum of special vehicles in the country and should be
considered for inclusion in the design wherever applicable.

After Clause 204.4

204.5 Special Vehicle (SV)

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IRC Class SV Loading: Special Multi Axle Hydraulic Trailer Vehicle
(Prime Mover with 20 Axle Trailer - GVW = 385 Tonnes)
204.5.1 The longitudinal axle arrangement of SV loading shall be as given in the sketch below:
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204.5.2 The transverse wheel spacing and the axle arrangement of SV loading shall be as given in the sketch
below:

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204.5.3 The SV loading shall be considered to ply close to center of carriageway with a maximum eccentricity
of 300 mm for single carriageway bridges or for dual carriageway bridges, as shown below:

Note : Dimensions in all the above sketches are in millimetres:

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204.5.4 During the passage of SV loading, no other vehicle shall be considered to ply on the bridge. No wind,
seismic, braking force and dynamic impact on the live load need to be considered as the SV shall move at a
speed not exceeding 5kmph over the bridge. For the load combination with special vehicle, the partial safety
factor for verification of equilibrium and structural strength under Ultimate Limit State and for verification of
Serviceability Limit State shall be taken as 1.0.
Note : The movement of Special Vehicle shall be regulated/monitored to ensure that it moves at a speed less than 5 kmph and also does
not ply on the bridge on a high wind condition.
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 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)
Sl.No. Clause No. & For Read
Page No.
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)
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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 λ in clause 507.1.2.1 and using
single angle loaded in compression through curve ‘C’ (α = 0.49) of Fig. 5”
one of its legs may be evaluated using the
equivalent slenderness ratio λe 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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Sl.No. Clause No. & For Read

Page No.

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.

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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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 Errata to IRC:24-2010

Errata 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)
Sl. No. Clause No. & For Read
Page No.
1. Cl.501.5 Symbols Cmy, Cmz Moment amplification Delete
(Page 11) factor about respective axes
2. Cl.503.1.2(c) …. appropriate choice of one or Insert ‘of’ between ‘more’ and ‘the’
Lines 4&5 more the following: …..
(Page 28)
3. Cl.503.2.2 Line 2 …. The limits states are classified Replace ‘limits states’ by ‘limit states’
(Page 29) as: …..
4. Cl.503.5.2 Line 2 …. the partial safety factor for Replace ‘(f)’ by ‘(γf)’

5.

6.
(Page 31)
Table 2 Column 2 ‘D/tf ’
Against ‘Stem of a
T-Section etc’
(Page 33)
Table 2 Column 2 ‘D/tf ’
Against ‘Circular
hollow tube etc.’
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loads (f) shall be…..
Replace by ‘d/t’

Replace by ‘D/t’
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(Page 33)
7. Fig. 1 Figure ‘h’ Replace by ‘d’
for ‘ROLLED
CHANNELS’
(Page 35)
8. Cl. 506.1.2.3 “fuγmo/fyγml” Replace by “0.9fuγmo/fyγml
Line 6
(Page 41)
9. Fig. 5 Existing figure does not show Insert λ as the title of the abscissa (X-axis)
(Page 50) the title of the abscissa
10. Cl.507.5.1.2 (l / rvv )  l 
Line 7 λvv = and  
ε π2 ε / 250 λvv =  vv  and
r
(Page 63)
(b1 + b2 )/ 2t π2 E
λφ = ε
250
ε π2 ε / 250
(b1 + b2 )/ 2t
λφ =
π2 E
ε
250

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Sl. No. Clause No. & For Read

Page No.
11. Cl.509.2.1.1 d/tw ≤ 67ε Replace by d/tw > 67ε
Line 3
(Page 78)
12. Table 11 KL/r Replace by LLT/ry,
(Page 84) h/tf Replace by hf / tf
13. Table 13 Last row, Existing ‘figure’ shows top Delete top flange gusset from the ‘figure’
First Column:Free flange gusset
(Page 88)
14. Cl.509.4.2.1 ε and fy Replace by εw and fyw respectively wherever
(Page 92) appearing
15. Cl.509.4.2.2(b) τb = buckling strength……. Delete the Line
Line 12 Clause 509.4.2.2(a)
(Page 93)
16.

17.

18.

19.
Cl.509.4.2.2 (b)
Line 18
(Page 94)
Cl.509.6.1.1(a)
(Page 97)
‘ε’

Cl.509.6.1.1(b)(iii) c < d
(Page 98)
Cl.509.6.1.1(d)
εw =
C
= d cos φ + (c-sc-st) sin φ

250 / f yw
Replace by = d cos φ - (c-sc-st) sin φ

Replace by ‘εw’ wherever appearing.

Replace by c < 0.74d

Add “ = yield stress ratio of web”.

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(Page 98)
20. Cl.509.6.1.2(b) εf = 250 / f yf Add “= yield stress ratio of flange”
(Page 99)
21. Cl.510.3.1.2(c) for n ≤ 0.2 Mndy = Mdy
(Page 113) for n > 0.2 Mndy = 1.56 Mdy Mndz = 1.11 Mdz (1-n) ≤Mdz
(1 – n) (n + 0.6) For n ≤ 0.2, Mndy = Mdy
Mndz = 1.11 Mdz (1 – n) ≤ Mdz For n > 0.2, Mndy = 1.56 Mdy (1-n) (n+0.6)’
22. Table 15 Table 15 Replace existing Table 15 by revised Table
(Page 116) 15 shown separately
23. Cl.511.6 Line 1 No fatigue assessment is Replace by :
(Page 129) necessary if any of the following No fatique assessment is required if the
conditions are satisfied following conditions are satisfied.
24. Cl.512.6.4 Line 8 ‘0.9 fub An ≤ fyb Asb(ϒmf/ϒm)’ Replace by ‘0.9 fub An ≤ fybAsb(ϒmf /ϒm0)’
(Page 149)
25. Cl.C1.2 Line 3 ‘(LLT)’ Replace by ‘(LLT)2’
(Page 177)

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Sl. No. Clause No. & For Read

Page No.
26. Cl. C1.2 Line 19 (z2 - y2) Replace by (z2 + y2)
(Page 177)
27. Table C.1 Existing Table incomplete Replace by complete Table shown separately
(Page 178)
28. Table C1(contd..) : Under c2 : Line 7 “1.257” Replace by “1.267”
Constants Under c3 : Line 5 : “1.780” Replace by “1.730”
(Page 179) Under c3 : Line 10 : “1.390” Replace by “1.890”
29. Cl. C1.2 “It = The torsion constant….” Replace by “It = St Venant’s torsion
(Page 179) constant….”
30. Cl. G4.6.2 “…. Parallel to the axis of the Replace by:
Definition of k2 girder…..” “……parallel to the yyaxix of the girder”
Line 4
(Page 222)

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Table 15 Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor (Cl. 510.3.2.2)
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Table 15 Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor (Cl. 510.3.2.2)

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 Amendment to IRC:112-2011

Amendment No. 1/ IRC:112-2011 / January 2014

To
IRC:112-2011 “Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges”

S. No Clause No. & For Read

Page No.

1 3.2.2 fpk characteristic tensile strength of fpk characteristic tensile strength of

prestressing steel prestressing steel which is same as fp
(Page 12)
corresponding to breaking load given in the
relevant IS codes listed in Table 18.2

2 6.2.2 Note: (2) Value of εuk shall be taken from the Value of εuk shall be taken as the uniform
Fig.6.2 standard governing the manufacture of elongation given in the standard governing
reinforcement. the manufacture of reinforcement.

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(Page 30)

10.4.4
(Page 103)
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The design punching shear resistance The design punching shear resistance shall
(MPa) of slab may be calculated as be assessed at the basic control perimeter,
follows: according to Clause 10.4.2. The design
punching shear resistance (MPa) of slab may
be calculated as follows:
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4 15.3.1.2 The minimum cover for post tensioned The minimum cover for post tensioned ducts
ducts shall not be less than maximum shall not be less than 75 mm. Local reduction
(Page 163)
of the outer diameter of ducts or in cover at externally jointed locations of
75 mm. ducts is acceptable.
(local reduction in spacing at
externally jointed locations of ducts is
acceptable).

5 16.9 (1) Deep beams can be designed using Deep beams (span/depth ratio less than 3)
appropriate elastic models or by plastic can be designed using appropriate elastic
(Page 186)
methods. models or by plastic methods.

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Errata No. 1/IRC:112-2011/January 2014

To
IRC112-2011 “Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges”

S No. Clause No. & For Read

Page No.

1. 10.3.4 VEdi ≤ VRdi vEdi ≤ vRdi

(Page 95) VEdi is the interface shear stress vEdi is the interface shear stress
VRdi is the resisting capacity at section vRdi is the resisting capacity at section
VEdi = β VEd /zbi vEdi = β vEd /zbi

2. 13.5 Requirements given in this Clause are in Requirements given in this Clause are in
(Page 136) addition to those given in Clause 16.11 addition to those given in Clause 16.14

3. 15.2.6.1 (4) When large bars are used, adequate crack When large bars are used, adequate crack

4.
(Page 159)

15.11
(Page 166)
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control shall be ensured either by using
surface reinforcement as per Clause
16.2.4.2, or by calculation as per Section
control shall be ensured either by using
surface reinforcement as per Clause
16.5.4 (4), or by calculation as per
Section 12.

fctd (t) is the design tensile strength at time fctd (t) is the design tensile strength at time
of release ‘t’ (Refer Clause 6.4.3.3) taken of release ‘t’ (Refer Clause 6.4.2.3) taken
as 0.7 ftm (t)/γc as 0.7 fctm (t)/γc
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5. 16.7.1 (3)
(Page 185) ac < 0.5 hc ac ≤ 0.5 hc

16.7.1 (4)
(Page 185) In corbels with ac > hc In corbels with ac > 0.5 hc

16.7.1 (4) As.stirrup ≥ 0.5 fcd/fyd As.stirrup ≥ 0.5 FEd /fyd

(Page 185)
Eq. 16.12

6. Annexure A2 1. Fig A2-4 Rectangular Tensile 1. Fig A2-4 Rectangular Stress

Clause A2.9 Strength Distribution
Figure A2-4 2. nfcd 2. η fcd
(Page 243)

7. Clause 16.7.1 Figure shown below Corrected Figure shown below

(Page 186)

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As existing in the code

ac ac ac

Note : Provide chamfer to avoid re-entrant corners in 16.7a) and 16.7 b)

As Amended:

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Note : Provide chamfer to avoid re-entrant corners in 16.7a), 16.7 b) and 16.7 c).
Fig. 16.7 Reinforcement of a Corbel

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