Amendment No.

1/ August, 2013/IRC:6-2010
to
IRC:6-2010 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section II Loads and Stresses
(Fifth Revision)
Read

219.5.1

Fundamental time period of the bridge member is to be

calculated by any rational method of analysis adopting
the modulus of Elasticity of concrete as per IRC:21 and
taking gross uncracked section for moment of inertia. The
fundamental period of vibration can also be calculated by
method given in Annex D.

Fundamental time period of the bridge member is

to be calculated by any rational method of analysis
adopting the modulus of Elasticity of concrete (Ecm)
as per IRC:112 and considering moment of inertia
of cracked section which can be taken as 0.75 times
the moment of inertia of gross uncracked section, in
the absence of rigorous calculation. The fundamental
period of vibration can also be calculated by method
given in Annex D.

219.9 (ii)
under
mandatory
provisions

To improve
the performance of bridges
during
earthquakes, the bridges in Seismic Zones IV and V may
be specifically detailed for ductility for which IS:13920 or
any other specialist literature may be referred to.

To improve the performance of bridges during

earthquakes, the bridges in Seismic Zones III, IV and
V may be specifically detailed for ductility for which
IRC:112 shall be referred.

For

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Clause No.

Amendment No. 2 /August, 2013/IRC:6-2010

to
IRC:6-2010 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges,
Section II Loads and Stresses
(Fifth Revision)

Clause No.
Fig. 13
of Clause
219.5

For

Period T (Secs)

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Note: For structural components like short and rigid

abutments, the value of Sa/g shall be taken as 1. Also, the
response reduction factor R shall be taken as 1.0 for seismic
design of such structures.

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Amendment No. 1/August, 2013/IRC:112-2011

to
IRC:112-2011 Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges
Clause No.

Clause 10.1
Page No. 80

Clause 10.3.1
Notation
Page : 86

Page: 88

Add following sub Para:

For concrete of grades higher than M60,
the shear strength shall be limited to that of
strength grade M60 for design purpose.

fywd = Design strength of web reinforcement

used to resist shear limited to 0.8 fyk/gm.

fywd = Design strength of web reinforcement to

resist shear =

f yk

v1 is a strength reduction factor.

1. Value is given by v1 v. Where v is
given by Eq. 10.6.

v1 = v is a strength reduction factor for concrete

cracked in shear, given in Eq. 10.6.

2. If design stress of shear reinforcement is

below 80 percent of fyk value of v1 can be
taken as :
v1 = 0.6
for fck 80 MPa

Delete

= 0.9

Read

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Page: 87

For

S. No.

f ck > 0.5
250

for fck > 80 MPa

10.3.3.2:
Members
with vertical
Shear
reinforcement

fywd = Design strength of web reinforcement

used to resist shear limited to 0.8 fywk

Page No. 91

v1 is a strength reduction factor for concrete

cracked in shear:
v1 = 0.6
for fck 80 MPa
v1 = 0.9

f ck
> 0.5 for fck > 80 MPa
250

If v1 = v, then value of 0.67 fyk can be used.

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Delete

fywd is the design strength of web reinforcement

to resist shear =

f yk
m

v1 = v is a strength reduction factor for concrete

cracked in shear given in Eq 10.6.
Delete
Delete
Delete

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Amendment To IRC:112-2011
Clause No.

For

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5.3.2.5
Limit State of
Fatigue
Page No. 21

The bridge or any of its components shall

not loose its capacity to carry design loads
by virtue of its materials reaching fatigue
limits due to its loading history.
Note : For structures designed as per this
Code, the effects of fatigue due to action of
live loads on concrete need not be taken into
account, unless otherwise specified.

The bridge or any of its components shall

not lose its capacity to carry design loads by
virtue of its materials reaching fatigue limits
due to its loading history. For carrying out
fatigue verification, specialist literature may
be referred.
However, fatigue verification is not necessary
for the following:
a) For Reinforced concrete structures when
the stress in the tensile reinforcement is
less than 300 MPa under Rare Combination
of Serviceability Limit State as against
0.8 fy specified in clause no. 12.2.2.
b) For prestressed concrete structures under
the frequent combination of action and
prestressing force, only compressive stresses
occur at the extreme concrete fibers, under
Serviceability Limit State.

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S. No.

S. No.

Figure No. &

Page No.

5.

Figure 6.1 (b)

(Page 29)

For

Read

fyk ---

(b) Hot Rolled/Heat Treated HYSD Steel

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(b) Hot Rolled/Heat Treated HYSD Steel

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