AMENDMENT NO.
1/JULY 2017
34 INDIAN HIGHWAYS, AUGUST 2017
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
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1 ANNEX-B, New Clause 9. Combination for Design of Bearings
Add new a) The design of the various bearings shall be based on serviceability or ultimate limit
Clause 9 state depending upon the safety classification of the limit state under consideration.
after clause 8
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(Page 90) b) For structures with elastic behaviour, all forces and movements should be based on
characteristic values of action. The method of calculation for actions, rotations and
deformations shall follow principles set out in IRC:112 (for concrete structures),
IRC:24 (for Steel Structures) and IRC:22 (for composite structures). Where
the deformation of the foundation or the piers or the bearings has a significant
influence on the forces on bearings or the movements of bearings, these elements
should be included in the analysis model.
c) The relevant partial factors and combination rules should be applied at serviceability,
ultimate limit states in conformity with the principles set out in Table B.1 to Table
B.4 of this code, unless otherwise stated below.
d) For determining the design values of actions on bearings and their rotations
and movements, the relevant loading combination for the Basic, Accidental and
Seismic load combinations should be taken into account under ULS.
e) Design displacements and rotations due to ‘creep’ and ‘shrinkage’ in concrete shall
be considered by multiplying mean values of deformation by a factor of 1.35 under
ULS
2 Table B.1 Thermal effects include restraint associated Thermal effects include restraint associated with expansion / contraction due to type
Foot Note No. 3 with expansion/contraction due to type of construction (Portal Frame, arch and elastomeric bearings), frictional restraint in
(Page 92) of construction (Portal Frame, arch and metallic bearings and thermal gradients.
elastomeric bearings), frictional restraint in
metallic bearings and thermal gradients. This
combination however is not valid for the
design of bearing and expansion joint.
S. No. Clause No. For Read
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3 Table B.2 New Note The partial safety factor shown under permanent loads, against adding to the
Add new Foot effect of variable loads in 1.1(a) and 1.2(a) shall be used for loads which are
Note No. 7 causing unfavourable effects on bearing and those shown against 1.1(b) and
(Page 94) 1.2(b) shall be used for loads which are causing favourable effects (e,g. for
checking the minimum contact pressure of 3 Mpa due to permanent loads
under elastomeric bearings) for checking the relevant design condition
4 Table B.3 Thermal effects include restraint associated Thermal effects include restraint associated with expansion/contraction due to type
Foot Note No. 2 with expansion / contraction due to type of construction (Portal Frame, arch and elastomeric bearings), frictional restraint
(Page 95) of construction (Portal Frame, arch and in metallic bearings and thermal gradients.
elastomeric bearings), frictional restraint in
metallic bearings and thermal gradients. This
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combination however is not valid for the
design of bearing and expansion joint.
5 219.5 Note:- For structural components like short Note:- For short rigid structural components like short piers and rigid abutments, the
Computation and rigid abutments, the value of Sa/g shall be value of Sa/g shall be taken as 1. The component is considered as rigid in case the
of Seismic taken as 1. Also , the response reduction factor time period is less than 0.03 sec. Also , the response reduction factor R shall be taken
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Response R shall be taken as 1.0 for seismic design of as 1.0 for seismic design of such structural component.
– Note Fig. such structures.
20 Response
Spectra
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