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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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)

1.
2.

3.
4.
5.

(Page 11)
Cl.503.1.2(c)
Lines 4&5

For

Read

Cmy, Cmz Moment amplification Delete

factor about respective axes
. appropriate choice of one or Insert of between more and the
more the following: ..

(Page 28)
Cl.503.2.2 Line 2

. The limits states are classified Replace limits states by limit states
as: ..
(Page 29)
Cl.503.5.2 Line 2 . the partial safety factor for Replace (f) by (f)
loads (f) shall be..
(Page 31)
Table 2 Column 2 D/tf
Replace by d/t
Against Stem of a
T-Section etc
(Page 33)
Table 2 Column 2 D/tf
Against Circular
hollow tube etc.

Replace by D/t

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6.

Clause No. &

Page No.
Cl.501.5 Symbols

Sl. No.

7.

8.

9.

10.

(Page 33)
Fig. 1 Figure
for ROLLED
CHANNELS
(Page 35)
Cl. 506.1.2.3
Line 6
(Page 41)
Fig. 5

(Page 50)
Cl.507.5.1.2
Line 7

Replace by d

fumo/fyml

Replace by 0.9fumo/fyml

Existing figure does not show Insert as the title of the abscissa (X-axis)
the title of the abscissa

vv =

(Page 63)
=

(l / rvv )

2 / 250

(b1 + b2 )/ 2t
2 / 250

and

l

r
vv = vv and
2 E

250
=

(b1 + b2 )/ 2t

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2 E
250
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11.

12.
13.

14.
15.

16.

17.
18.

Clause No. &

Page No.
Cl.509.2.1.1
Line 3
(Page 78)
Table 11

For
d/tw 67

Replace by d/tw > 67

KL/r
h/tf

Replace by LLT/ry,
Replace by hf / tf

(Page 84)
Table 13 Last row, Existing figure shows
First Column:Free flange gusset
(Page 88)
Cl.509.4.2.1

Read

and fy

top Delete top flange gusset from the figure

Replace by w and fyw respectively wherever

appearing
Delete the Line

(Page 92)
Cl.509.4.2.2(b)
Line 12

b = buckling strength.

(Page 93)
Cl.509.4.2.2 (b)
Line 18

= d cos + (c-sc-st) sin

Replace by = d cos - (c-sc-st) sin

(Page 94)
Cl.509.6.1.1(a)

Replace by w wherever appearing.

Clause 509.4.2.2(a)

(Page 97)
Cl.509.6.1.1(b)(iii) c < d
(Page 98)
Cl.509.6.1.1(d)

20.

(Page 98)
Cl.509.6.1.2(b)

21.

(Page 99)
Cl.510.3.1.2(c)

w =

Replace by c < 0.74d

250 / f yw

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19.

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(Page 113)

f =

250 / f yf

Table 15

23.

(Page 116)
Cl.511.6 Line 1
(Page 129)

24.

Cl.512.6.4 Line 8

25.

(Page 149)
Cl.C1.2 Line 3

Add = yield stress ratio of flange

for n 0.2 Mndy = Mdy

for n > 0.2 Mndy = 1.56 Mdy

(1 n) (n + 0.6)

22.

Add = yield stress ratio of web.

Mndz = 1.11 Mdz (1-n) Mdz

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)

Table 15

Replace existing Table 15 by revised Table

15 shown separately

No fatigue assessment is Replace by :

necessary if any of the following No fatique assessment is required if the
conditions are satisfied
following conditions are satisfied.
Replace by 0.9 fub An fybAsb(mf /m0)
0.9 fub An fyb Asb(mf/m)
(LLT)

Replace by (LLT)2

(Page 177)

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26.

Clause No. &

Page No.
Cl. C1.2 Line 19

27.

(Page 177)
Table C.1

28.

29.
30.

For
(z2 - y2)

Replace by (z2 + y2)

Existing Table incomplete

Replace by complete Table shown separately

(Page 178)
Table C1(contd..) : Under c2 : Line 7 1.257
Constants
Under c3 : Line 5 : 1.780
(Page 179)
Under c3 : Line 10 : 1.390
Cl. C1.2
It = The torsion constant.
(Page 179)
Cl. G4.6.2
Definition of k2
Line 4
(Page 222)

Read

Replace by 1.267
Replace by 1.730
Replace by 1.890
Replace by It = St Venants torsion
constant.

. Parallel to the axis of the Replace by:

girder..
parallel to the yyaxix of the girder

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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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