) BS 153 : Part 3A :1972 Specification for Steel girder bridges Part 3A. LoadsBRITS STANDAKD vig en ane he Dig ro wa aa ne thn he Fi publ are 3.4 and 5) Aust 1923, estan rept Ap Be wa spre ney fr ou he or son ewig BS Th dso sh ee te son Miremed tone 61 Soret pe or pe designations. Enquire: boa der oka sbeast of propre nthe nds Conene sh Stndade se sabes opal evi, Sggstn fo ‘cach month in BS! Nevs of ex pobcaions.revisonsand amendments vt {BSI Nes is avaiable to Susi Members of te Intaton All oberpublctons may be puch direst rom Sls Department Enguiesconcening tbsrningmemiesip which bas conden venap, wile wcomed. ah shold Se ‘MoletoSbsenpions Departmen Bk Soprments te cated a Linford Wood, Mion KeyeesMIKIS GLE (Telephone O08 2003; Telex 82577. Co-operating Organizations Big somm yon he 1072 ln of hdd of penn am he flow Geren Bitih Conteoetona tesiort Assan Bish Precast Conte Federation Ecler of Ct rasing Contacts Bn Rays Bou ices se Cement and Contes aciton Inneaton of Stew Enea mec St Reha Declpmen ca ovement of ee BS 153: Part 3A: October 1972 =e Specification for Steel girder bridges Part 3A. Loads Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date of sve | Text affected British Standards Institution 2 Park Street London W1A 2BSBS 153: Part 3A: 1972 Contents Page Co-operating omanizations side font cover Foreword 3 Specification Part 3A. Loods 1. Scope 4 2 Fores tobe taken int account 4 3. Deadload + 4 ve tod 4 5S. impact fect on highway bodes 6 6 Impet effect on aay bidges 6 1 Latehing om wn brides 6 8 Nosingon ray bees 7 9. Cente ore on alvay bres 7 10. Longitudinal freon highway dges 7 11. Longitudinal fore oneal brides 8 12) Wind pes effects 8 13. Temperature effect, ° 14. Fristonlesstance of expansion bearings 9 15. Fores on parapets 0 16. Combination ot foxes 0 17. Erection forces an effects 0 18. Archon 10 19. Clauses 0 be refered toe engineer 10 Appendix A. Standard highway loading AL Type HA tosaing u AZ. Vated intensity of Type HA loading 11 ‘A3- Application of Type HA loading u Ad Type HB loading 5 ‘AS Application of Type HB loading 5 ‘A Equivalent sbnormal loading for reinforced concrete slabs 16 Appendix B. Standard railway loading BA General 6 B2 Type RA loading 16 B3. Type RB loading 0 Ba Larching| 18 BS Dispersion of wheel loads 18 Appendix C. Impact formulae C1 Foxee-Gretfoemlae 2 C2 The Government of India formulae a (C3. American Railway Engineering Assocation Formtlae 35 TT enn ee ee SS Appendix D Précis of Bridge Stress Committee's Report, 1928 36 ‘Appendix & Rules for designing steel away bride members In accordance with Clause 24 of Pat 3B 37 Tables Highway bridges 1. Type HA loading 2 allway bridges ‘Type RAL loading, Normal standard unit loading for a singe line of way for gauges of 4708 in and ver 2023 3. Type RA? loading, Nosmal standard unit loading fora single tne of way for medium fuges 3 ft Gin, Imetre and 3 2627 4. Type RAI loading State load per track for 20 unis 28 5. Type RB loading. Total loads for bending moments at all point onthe span, including allowance for impact, but excluding lrching 29 ‘Type RB loading. Toial maximum shears pet track, including allowance for impact but excluding lurching, forall speeds upto 6 rews 30 7. Types RAI and RB loading. Loads on eoss girs, per tack 31 8, Types RAL and RB loading. Loads on cal bearers and stringers, per ral 3 9. Numbers of ses eyeles (in millons) for various bridge members and load groupe 39 Figures 1. Loading curve fr type HA highway loading 14 2 Highway bridges «ype HB unit loading is 3. Railway bridges type RAT unit loading per track foe gauges of Ft 8 in and over ” 4, Railway bridges type RA2 unit loading per track for medium gauges (3 f 6 ia, 1 metre and 3) 0 5. Railway bridges type RA3 unit loading pee track for artow gauges (2.6 in and 211) 17 6. Train and wheel speeds for various driving wheel diameters 18 7, Railway brides type RB uni loa BS 153: Part 3A: 1972 Foreword ‘The prem eon of BS 152 Pat 2A ia metic eon of hoe parts of BS 153 Pat 2A 1954 which covered Nigra lode dg Sie ends ate oe 1 vie ith Standard on tigen the ec of preparation, tr ot a for pbetn fr sane tine, A many despise woking a Stuns, he eprint etn hasbeen wets a Suns pace te “an excpton has ben mde fr sll lonlng wher he samber of wn i nl nd the ant of sepning spd sewing exe In he Creunstaces hasbeen tecied fo lve al eters fo feces ‘oving on ey dps a perl unis and To esomnend at omens hens nd oer ees on he Sue ould competed nthe vit Wer the ds Bing exudate au of any pate, derived in sodas wth he spelen shold be comerted 1 St ons ing ‘be sppropae coven facto. (Se PD 6203 for The ats ofthe Suits gn represent the equals ofthe alsin imperal unis rounded to coment ante Tor fer information on I wis, rest sould mae BS 3763 Te tran Sytem of wis (si) and S686 Tews of tant BS 153 wari pblied to voles Pats 1 and 2 (ste an workmnpn 1922 and Pas 3,4 snd 5 (Sten, contton ad non in 1923, These two role woe thn eed i 1983 and 1887 tipctnely Mase of modMeatos nthe lading regulars or ay and hay ds nd of wens i experimental earch lending to etlopmens in degn proce, fe rns bce neces. ‘apeomen having ened on ating elements, i wascoeseedatntageou wo pee eon ot 1956 withthe fein T9S4f Pur 3A, Lode Te pat wepaed Che 1012 of P32 1937 a yeni No Vor r3 35 The work af ving ce yang parts of BS 152 ws completed in 195; hte were eqouped and al the ars wre obliged une the thon of tela ad Ste! nds Stns Comite insane Part 1. Mates and workmanship, Pact 2. Weighing shipping and eee on Published 1938 art 3A, Loads. Published 1954 Part 3B. Suess Part 4. Design and construction, Publsed 1958 ‘The standard was considerably enlarged in that revision, and the design and fabrication procedures were brought up t0 date with a vow co ensuring consistent methods leading to maximum efficiency in the finshed xcept where otherwise stated, references in his standard to bos and nuts apply to bots and nuts in sccordance with 12.1 and 1.2.2 of Part 1, The use of high seength fection grip bolts in accordance with 1.2.3 of Pare 1s governed by 4.1.2 of Part For convenience the amendments made to BS 183 Part 3A: 1954 zea follows Amendment No. 1 (PD 3262, isued in January 1959 and incorporated in the 1962 reprint) merely conrested an error inthe fist column of Table 5. Amendment No. 2 (PD 4070, issued in March 1961 and incorporated inthe 1962 reprint) introduced the fatlowing changes: ‘New paragraphs were added wo Clause o del with al earsageways, Clause 12, Wind pressure effecs, was replaced by 2 new clause A numberof minor changes and additions were made to Append A, Amendment No.3 (PD 5748, issued in March 1966) introduced the folowing changes: ‘The foreword was rewritten, the tile of 41.3 was changed and a naw Subclause 15.2 was added to make reference to the Ministy of Transport memorandum on parapets for motorway and highway bridges, In Appendix A, anote was added to Fig. New Subelauses were added 10 Clauses 2 and 3 in Appendix B: he new Subelauss ae now designated B.2.3 (the former B.2e belag redesignated B24) and B3.2 and B33.A new “Appendix E, Tale 9 and Fig, 7 were sed