Amendment

NOTIFICATION NO. 9
Amendment No. 6/IRC:112/May, 2018 (Effective from the 30th June, 2018)
To
IRC:112-2011 – “Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges”
S. No. Clause No. For Read
Page No.
1 11.3.2.3 (1) Curvature Curvature
(Page 116) (1) For members with constant The curvature of any member may be calculated by
symmetrical cross – sections (including using
reinforcement), the following may be
Eq.11.7
used:
Eq.11.7
Where, For simplification it can be assumed that the strain in
kr is a correction factor depending on axial extreme compression fiber εc reaches failure strain and
load, can be taken as εcu2 and in the tension steel strain εy
reaches the yield strain εyd
kφ is a factor for taking account of creep.
Where,

d = is the effective depth given in (2)
d is the effective depth in the plane of bending
kr is a correction factor depending upon axial load as
given in (3)
kφ is a factor for taking account of creep as given in
(4).

2 11.3.2.3(2) (2) If all reinforcement is not concentrated (2) For members with constant symmetrical cross
on opposite sides, but part of it is section (including reinforcement) having reinforcement
(Page 117)
distributed parallel to the plane of bending, on both faces which reach the yield strains and are
d is defined as: separated by lever arm, z = 0.9d, the curvature is given
by εyd and d as defined earlier.
Eq. 11.8
If all reinforcement is not concentrated on opposite
Where is is the radius of gyration of the sides, but part of it is distributed parallel to the plane
total reinforcement area. of bending, d is defined as:
Eq. 11.8
Where is is the radius gyration of the total reinforcement
area

3 11.3.2.3 (3) (3) Kr in Expression (11.7) should be (3) As a simplification kr in expression (11.7) may be
taken as: taken as 1.0 on the conservative side. Alternatively kr
(Page 117)
can be calculated as shown below:
Kr = (nu – n) / (nu – nbal) ≤ 1
kr = (nu – n) / (nu – nbal) ≤ 1 Eq. 11.9
Where Eq. 11.9
Where
relative axial force.
NED = is the design value of axial force.
nu = 1 + ω NED = design value of axial force
nbal is the value of n at maximum moment nu = 1 + ω
resistance; the value 0.4 may be used.

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S. No. Clause No. For Read

Page No.
nbal is the value of n calculated using the balanced
axial force corresponding to the maximum moment
As = is the total area of reinforcement. of resistance of section which shall be obtained by
Ac = is the area of concrete cross – section. constructing the Axial Load-Moment interaction
diagram.
For symmetrically reinforced rectangular sections nbal
can be taken as 0.4.

Where
As = is the total area of reinforcement, and,
Ac = is the area of concrete cross – section.

4 12.3.4 (2) Aceff is the effective area of concrete in Aceff For rectangular section it is the effective area of
(Page 126) tension surrounding the reinforcement of concrete in tension surrounding the reinforcement of
depth hcef where hcef is the lesser of 2.5 depth hcef, where hcef is the lesser of 2.5 (h-d); (h-x)/3;
(h-d);(h-x)/3; or or h/2 (refer fig 12.2) or or h/2 (refer fig 12.2)
For circular section a thin slice in the plane of bending
through diameter having width equal to spacing of
reinforcement bars may be taken and analyzed. Ac,eff,
hcef and ρp.eff shall be calculated for this slice taking d
as the effective depth of reinforcement in this width
5 12.3.6 New Note Add Note below table 12.3:
(Page 130) “Table 12.2 and 12.3 are applicable for circular section
also.”
6 Clause In order to avoid edge sliding, uniformly In order to avoid edge sliding, uniformly distributed
16.11.2 (3) distributed reinforcement parallel to the reinforcement parallel to the loaded face should be
(Page 189) loaded face should be provided to the provided to the point at which local compressive
point at which local compressive stresses stresses are dispersed. This point is determined as
are dispersed. This point is determined as follows:
follows: A line inclined at an angle θ (30º) to the direction
A line inclined at an angle θ (30º) to the of load application is drawn from the edge of
direction of load application is drawn from the section to intersect with the opposite edge of
the edge of the section to intersect with the loaded surface, as shown in Fig. 16.10. The
the opposite edge of the loaded surface, reinforcement provided to avoid edge sliding
as shown in Fig. 16.10. The reinforcement (At) shall be calculated using the expression
provided to avoid edge sliding shall be At fyd ≥ FRdu/2 and shall be adequately anchored
adequately anchored. on both sides of the failure plane. Reinforcement
provided for other purposes may also be utilized for
this requirement.

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 Amendment/Errata

NOTIFICATION NO. 10
Amendment No. 3/IRC:6/May, 2018 (Effective from the 30th June, 2018)
To
IRC:6-2017 “Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section; II Loads and Load Combinations” (Seventh Revision)
S. No. Clause No. For Read
Page No.
1 Clause 219 Seismic Force Refer IRC:SP:114 “Guidelines for Seismic Design
of Road Bridges”
(Page 61 to 74)

NOTIFICATION NO. 11
Errata No. 1/2018
To
1. IRC:SP:64-2016 “Guidelines for the Analysis and Design of Cast-in-Place Voided Slab
Superstructure (First Revision)”
2. IRC:SP:66-2016 “Guidelines for Design of Continuous Bridges (First Revision)” and
3. IRC:SP:70-2016 “Guidelines for the use of High Performance Concrete (Including Self Compacting
Concrete in Bridges) (First Revision)”.
S. No. Clause No. For Read
Page No.
1 2.0 Cl No.2.1 Deleted
(Page 2) Cl No. 2.2 Deleted
Cl. No.2.3 2.1

SEMINAR ON “INTRODUCTION TO NEW SEISMIC GUIDELINES ON HIGHWAY BRIDGES

(IRC:SP:114-2018)” ON 23RD JUNE 2018 AT PHD HOUSE, NEW DELHI
Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), national apex body of structural engineers in India
is planned to organize half-day Seminar on topic “Introduction to New Seismic Guidelines on Highway
Bridges (IRC:SP:114-2018)” on 23rd June 2018 between 2:30 PM to 05:30 PM at PHD Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, PHD House, 4/2 Shri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi 110 016.
The participation fee is Rs 1,000/- for non IAStructE members. However, for IRC members 25 % discount is
available. For IAStructE members, there is no participation fee. The Seminar will be followed by high tea. The
aim of seminar is to sensitize the bridge designers, proof checkers, authority engineers and client engineers
about provisions/adoptability of recently published/released IRC’s) new document IRC:SP:114-2018
“Guidelines for Seismic Design for Road Bridges”, (i,e. on May 4th 2018 during IRC council meeting
held at Aizawl) which is replacing existing seismic provisions of IRC:6-2017. The invited speakers in this
seminar are the code makers themselves who were involved in making of this new guideline.
In view of limited available seats, you are requested to quickly send your nomination along with the requisite
fee, as applicable or nominate engineers from your organization/department latest by 5th June, 2018. For
further details and enquiry, you may contact the IAStructE Secretariat: Mr. Vikas Verma, Manager IAStructE,
Tel: 011-45794829, Email: iastructe@gmail.com.

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