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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Clause No. &

Page No.

1.

504.3

2.

For

(Page 36)

The distance between centres of the main Replace main girders by main outermost
girders shall be sufficient to resist overturning girders
or over stressing due to lateral forces and
loading conditions

504.4(b)

For rolled steel joists and plate girders

(Page 36)

(Page 37)

Beams and plate girders upto and including Substitute the following for the existing:
35 m span need not be cambered
It is not mandatory to camber beams and plate
girders upto and including 35 m span

507.5.1.2

Loaded through one Leg

(Page 63)

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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4.

504.6.2(a)

5.

Replace plate girders by uniform depth plate

girders

3.

Read

509.3.1

Both flanges fully restrained

Table 12

Add the following at after the word below:

Substitute the following for the existing:

Both flanges partially restrained.

(Page 86)

Second Column
Warping
Restraint Line
1

6.

509.3.1

In simply supported beams with intermediate

lateral restraints against lateral torsional
Para 2
buckling the effective length for lateral
(Pages 86 & 87) torsional buckling to be used in Clause
509.2.2.1, LLT, shall be taken as the length of
the relevant segment in between the lateral
restraints. The effective length shall be
equal to 1.2 times the length of the relevant
segment in between the lateral restraints.

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Substitute the following for the existing:

In simply supported beams with intermediate
lateral restraints against lateral torsional
buckling, the effective length for lateral torsional
buckling, LLT to be used in Clause 509.2.2.1
shall be taken as the length of the relevant
segment in between the lateral restraints. In
case of intermediate partial lateral restraints, the
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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Clause No. &

Page No.

7.

509.4.2.2(b)

For

tan-1(d/c)

Substitute the following for the existing:

d

-1 c
nearly tan

1.5

(Page 94)

509.5.1
Fig.7 Note 2
(Page 95)

9.

514.4.5
(Page 170)

10.

514.5.9

Erection scheme of the bridge shall be

checked to ensure the adequacy of the
affected components of the bridge structure
and safety of the bridge at all stages of
erection.

Substitute the following for the existing:

All components of the bridge structure shall
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
The Engineer shall approve the procedure of
equipment, shall be subject to the approval
erection, drawings of temporary works and use
by the Engineer.
of erection equipment, prior to commencement
of erection.

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(Page 171)

Panel B is designed without utilizing tension Substitute the following for the existing:
filed action as given in Clause 509.4.2.2(a)
Panel B is designed using simple post-critical
method as given in Clause 509.4.2.2(a)

8.

Read

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