Bridges

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE
SERIAL INDEX OF ITEMS 1st to 71st MEETINGS) & Ist to 15th EXTRA-ORDINARY MEETINGS
1st and 2nd meetings-1925

Item No. 1 2. 3 4. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Subject Discussed Reduction in the cost of Steel Bridges for the passage of trains. General formula for impact Rapidly increasing impact factor for short spans. High tension steel for the construction of medium and long span bridges. Minimum depth for plate girders Distance apart of trusses and girders Dynamic augment on all the coupled drivers. Short spans - reduction of impact factor Locomotives free from reciprocating parts- impact. Alteration in the permissible stresses in steel laid down in the BESA Rules. Other alteration in the Bridge Rules
Third Meeting- March, 1927

12/1 13/2 14/3 15/4 16/5 17/6 18/7 19/8 20/9 21/10 Test carried out on Metre Gauge girders to suggest an impact formula Clause 35 of the Revised Bridge Rules - Relief of stresses Appendix B(1) of the revised Bridge Rules - Weights and dimensions of various kinds of road way loads. New standards of loading for 5-6 gauge railways. Standard of loading for Metre Gauge Bridges and Narrow Gauge Bridges. Main features in the standard designs of plate girders up to 80ft.. Ballast walls and run- off frames on the abutments of girder bridges Alteration to proof copy of revised rules Impact experiments on small spans. Report on all girder workshops in India
Fourth Meeting - July, 1927

22/1 23/2 24/3 25/4 26/5 27/6 28/7 29/8 Special rules for Arched masonry bridges Designs for Arched masonry bridges, abutments and wing walls of the girder bridges. Bridge Rules, Rules 31 regarding tractive and braking forces. Rule 72, Bridge Rules regarding stiffeners over the bearings Equivalent loadings Designs for plate girders Loading and impact factor for road bridges and combined rail and road bridges. Appendix B (1) Bridge Rules- regarding weights and dimensions of various kinds of roadway loads - Military Horse Transport.
Fifth Meeting- January, 1928

30/1 31/2 32/3 33/4 34/5 Fixation of the loading for highway bridges in India. Suitability of the standards of bridge loading Equivalent uniformly distributed loads for the three standards of loading Adoption of convertible designs of standard plate girders for H.M. and M.L. loadings. Proposals and type design for standard skew spans

Sixth Meeting - September, 1928
35/1 36/2 37/3 38/4 39/5 40/6 Effect of speed on rail stress Through spans and reinforced concrete slabs with ballasted track. Design and construction of reinforced concrete slabs. Impact on Metre Gauge Bridges Revision of the standards of loading for Metre Gauge Bridges Designs of standard skew plate girder spans.
Seventh Meeting- July/ August, 1929

41/1 41/1a 42/2 43/3 44/4 45/5 46/6 47/7 British Bridge Stress Committees Report permit greater loads on short spans. Bearing stresses in rivets in plate girders. Arc welding to bridge strengthening Sanctioned and control of the sections on which engines and stock may or may not run. Inter-action of floor and main members of a 150 ft girder relief of stress. Size of rivets in heavy plate girders and allowance of length for field rivets. Returning strength of bridges Criticism of the sixth report on the effect of speed on rail stress, trough spans and reinforced concrete slabs with ballasted track, design and construction of reinforced concrete slabs, Revised impact and standards of loading on MG bridges and standard skew spans. Deflection tests on new spans in terms of effective spans to be laid down in the rules. Raising the specified working stresses.
48/8 49/9
Eighth Meeting- February March, 1930

50/1 51/2 52/3 53/4 54/5 Impact experiments on short spans to evolve an impact formula. Draft a Specification for bridge building Lengths of rivets Lengths of rivets MG standards equivalent uniformly distributed loads.
Ninth Meeting - July, 1930

55/1 Impact tests on short spans
Tenth Meeting- July, 1931

56/1 57/2 58/3 59/4 60/5 61/6 Revision of Specification IRS (R) 1of May 1928, manufacture of steel structures other than girders Specification for erection of steel structures other than girders. Criticisms of the draft Specification for erection of girder bridges. Revision of the Specification for manufacture of bridge girders. Revision of the Bridge Rules regarding increase of bearing stresses in plate girder rivets, reduction of the braking and tractive forces, permissible stresses in compression flanges, reinforced concrete bridges etc. Official table of lengths for field rivets.

62/7 63/8 64/9 65/10 66/11 New designs of standards MG spans. Revise the BG standard designs Rendel, Palmer and Trittons criticisms of 6th, 7th and 8th Reports. Standard designs of BG skew spans - Interaction of floor and main members. Recording of secondary vibrations to revise impact factor on short spans. Recording of secondary vibrations to revise impact factor on short span.
Eleventh Meeting - March, 1932

67/1 68/2 69/3 70/4 71/5 72/6 73/7 74/8 75/9 76/10 77/11 78/12 79/13 80/14 The revision of Specification of IRS (R)* manufacture of steel structures other than bridge girders. Erection Specification for bridge girders, payment of erection. Specification for erection of steel structures other than girders. Messrs, Rendel, Palmer and Trittons criticism of Specification for electric arc welding. Specification dealing with workmanship of electric arc welds. qualifications of welders and preparation of test specimen. Rendel, Palmer and Trittons criticism of 6th, 7th and 8th BSC reports. Interaction of floor and main members of truss spans. Standardisation of duplicated girder spans and through girder spans. Tolerances knuckle and roller bearings for bridges. Impacts in the case of bridges carrying road or foot traffic etc. Impact allowances on short railway bridges. Revision of Specification for manufacture of bridge girders. Tests carried out by the North Western Railway to determine the longitudinal forces transmitted by bridges, girders and rails. Standard MG skew girders of spans below 20 part of template numbers and shipping marks on standard girder drawings. Raising the permissible working stress in truss members in the ratio of 9 to 8.
Twelfth Meeting September- October, 1932

81/1 82/2 83/3 84/4 85/5 86/6 87/7 88/8 Revision of Specification IRS (B) for manufacture of bridge girders materials and workmanship. The length of field rivets. Revision of Specification IRS manufacture of steel structure other than bridge girders materials and workmanship. Specification for the erection of steel structures other than bridge girders. Experimental evidence on lower lateral bracing of plate girder spans. Experimental evidence on lurching of locomotives on bridges. Experimental evidence on tractive and braking forces on bridges. Experimental evidence on rail joint impact on bridges.
Thirteenth Meeting - January, 1934

89/1 90/2 91/3 92/4 93/5 94/6 Messrs, Rendel, Palmer and Trittons remarks regarding arc Welding. Revision of clause 89 of the Bridge Rules 1933 regarding maximum pitch of rivets Experiments on tractive and braking forces on bridges and longitudinal stiffness of track extended for application to existing bridges. Weighment of engines for use in calculations of the effect of Specific engines on bridges and track. Adoption of high tensile steel for bridge work Preparation of standard designs for reinforced concrete slab tops up to 12 ft span

95/7 96/8 for ML & HM standards. IRS Specification Nos. B-1 and B-3 for final adoption and issue. The Bridge Rules 1933- Alterations in clauses 26,33, 59 and 72 i.e. for combined stresses, working stresses in wrought iron, web stiffeners and latticing.
Fourteenth Meeting - June, 1934

97/1 98/2 Section II (e), special rules for ferro-concrete bridges of the Bridge Rules Chapter VII of the rules for the opening of a railway. Standards of span concrete pipes for railway culverts laid without special foundation or auxiliary lateral support and maximum permissible stresses and suitable Specification for pipes. Experimental testing of rail stresses under moving loads on the track. Umbrella platform roof with special 50 long lattice welded purlins and revised standards of brick masonry Arches. Rules 22, longitudinal forces on bridges, for the design of brick masonry piers and abutments.
99/3 100/4 101/5
Fifteenth Meeting- February, 1935

102/1 103/2 104/3 105/4 106/5 107/6 108/7 109/8 110/9 Standard designs of lattice girder spans of 100 feet and over for Broad Gauge and Metre Gauge lines. Section II (C) Special Rules for ferro-concrete Bridges, of the Bridge Rules Chapter VII of the rules for the opening of a railway. Standard designs for tank stagings in multiple units for any size or height of tank. Design of sleeper pad plates on plate girder spans. Designs of masonry Arch bridges. Draft IRS Specification - M-23-34 for high tensile structural steel and B 5- 34 for bridge and structural design employing high tensile steel. Bridge Rules horizontal earth pressure and surcharge effect on railway bridge abutments. Experimental work on riveted joints strengthened by arc welding. Alterations to Chapter II section 3, inspection and tests of bridges, of rules for the opening of a railway.
Sixteenth Meeting - February, 1936

111/1 112/2 113/3 114/4 115/5 116/6 117/7 118/8 119/9 120/10 Weighment, tests on non-compensated engines. Eliminate shop painting with a view to facilitating the removal of mill scale by weathering prior to final painting after erection. Experiments regarding the effects of welding on to a structural member which is already stressed. Pre-stressing of the Nerbudda Bridge spans. Specification for the design of spun concrete pipes. Specification for the design of structural steel work other than bridges. IRS Code of Practice for electric arc welding. Standard charts for general use on railways in India in conformity with the standards of concrete in the IRS Code of Practice. Design of the concrete slab tops. Indian Railway Standard Code of Practice for the design of bridge piers and abutments.

Seventeenth Meeting February /March, 1937
121/1 122/2 123/3 124/4 125/5 126/6 127/7 128/8 129/9 130/10 131/11 1321/12 133/13 134/14 135/15 136/16 137/17 138/18 Standard Specification for concrete construction other than reinforced concrete construction Sleeper pad plates made. Rule 20 of the Bridge Rules, 1933 regarding design load for lateral Bracings to the track floor system. Dynamic effects on crane gantries and runways. Method of prestressing girders. Distance apart of main girders in relation to the gauge in Metre Gauge bridges and the requisite strength of sleepers. Keys in the Arches at the crown. Empirical formula for working stresses in old wrought iron structures. Minimum cylinder strength requirements of concrete for special grade concrete and ordinary and high grade concretes. Clause 11 (1)(A) (b)(i) of the Bridge Rules amended regarding impact effect. Three alternative designs of 'K' type web system for truss spans. Best outline of truss girder spans Test carried out on reinforced concrete slab designed by the BB and CI Railway. Suitable diameters for pipe culverts and method of jointing. Standard designs of masonry Arched bridges. Features dimensions of standards designs of masonry bridge foundations, piers and abutments of girder bridges of standard span. Design of reinforced concrete beams in accordance with item 8 of the report and draft explanatory notes on the use of these charts. Standardisation of plate girder through type spans of 40 ft and over.
Eighteenth Meeting - January, 1938

139/1 140/2 141/3 142/4 143/5 144/6 145/7 146/8 147/9 148/10 149/11 150/12 151/13 152/14 153/15 154/16 Standard Specification for concrete construction other than reinforced concrete construction. IRS Code of Practice for bridge and structural design employing high tensile steel . Design of suitable type of sub-structure, i.e. Abutment walls, foundations, for standard reinforced concrete slab top openings. Dimensions, etc. of standard designs of masonry bridge foundation, piers and abutments of girder bridges of standard spans. Modified type of expansion rocker bearing for lattice girder bridges. Standard designs of water tank stagings. Range of spans for reinforced concrete slab top bridges and recommendations regarding standardisation. Designs of reinforced concrete pipe culverts and recommendations regarding standardisation. Prestressing of lattice girder and some recommendations for design. Results of experiments made on rubber pads, and cast iron pads. Revision of clauses 12 and 13 of the IRS Code of Practice for the design of structural steel work than bridges carrying rail or road traffic 1936. Experiments on the effects of arc welding on to structural members already under stress. Drawing no. B-3030 of standard profile of 350 feet span high tensile steel truss girder Revise clause 17 of the Bridge Rules regarding bending stresses. Economics obtained by shop welding parts and secondary members in New girder construction. Application of the `secant formula for struts in the Code of Practice for bridge

and structural design employing high tensile steel to the case of mild steel.
Nineteenth Meeting - January, 1939

155/1 156/2 157/3 158/4 159/5 160/6 161/7 162/8 163/9 164/10 165/11 166/12 Prestressing lattice girder spans, vide appendix C of the Bridge Rules Standard designs should be prepared for R.C. box culverts and square Arch openings. IRS broad gauge masonry Arched bridge designs applicable to Metre Gauge requirements. Rule 33 of the Bridge Rules, working stresses in wrought iron connotation of the term early steel. Effective length of secondary members as specified in rule, 40 of Bridge Rules. To revise rule 30 of the Bridge Rules regarding `Rollers. Wind pressure to be allowed for in the design of loaded highway bridges and concrete structures having large flat surfaces. Research on semi-through plate girders, affected by welding. IRS Code of Practice for electric ARC welding of wrought iron and steel structures for final issue. Additional tests to determine the effect of welding on a member under stress. Science of soil mechanics applied to the stability of foundations The cast iron, rubber and 'Plasco' sleeper pad plates particulars from the National Society of French Railways relating to rubber pads at bridge girder bearings and question of adopting a uniform thickness of sleepers on bridges. Modified type of expansion bearings for lattice girder bridges. Design of abutments and piers for girder bridges, buried pier abutment of `H section with arched openings designed to reduce to a minimum any unbalanced earth pressure. Drafts IRS Code of Practice for concrete construction other than reinforced concrete construction. Carrying out fatigue tests on full size all-welded plate girders. Impact effect on bridges due to normally balanced locomotives compared with locomotive of the same type rebalanced for `nil reciprocating parts.
167/13 168/14 169/15 170/16 171/17
Twentieth Meeting - January, 1940

172/1 173/2 174/3 175/4 176/5 177/6 178/7 179/8 180/9 181/10 182/11 To revise rule 40 and 59 of the Bridge Rules regarding effective spans, lengths and web stiffeners. Deflection formula in the Bridge Rules. Revised Bridge Rules confined to Specification of loads, forces, etc. Strengthening members under stress by welding with. Applicability of the working stresses to welded structures not subject to impact or pulsating load. Draft IRS Mild Steel Code. Additional forms of field tests for reinforced concrete work to be included in the Reinforced Concrete Code. Revision of certain clauses of the pier and abutment Code, i.e. Live load etc. Designs of three types of abutments along with quantities of materials. Impact tests on all-steel track on bridges. Drawings of reinforced concrete box culverts.
Twenty - first Meeting - December, 1940

183/1 184/2 Rule 30 of the provisional issue of the Bridge Rules impact allowance on the existing open web girder bridges. Justification for using the secant formula for mild steel struts.

185/3 186/4 187/5 188/6 189/7 190/8 Revision of the existing Bridge Rules in connection with impact on multiple track railway bridges and highway bridges. Revising the impact factor at present specified for the design of narrow and light gauge bridges. Revision of Bridge Rules for longitudinal loads. Rules for the lateral and longitudinal distribution of loads on bridges in the Bridge Rules. Method adopted for calculating permissible stresses in struts subject to eccentric loading. Revision of certain clauses of the steel structures Code, i.e. Change of title of the Code and other clauses likewise- Alternative loading, filter floor beams, limits of working stresses for occasional loads etc. Drawings of reinforced concrete box culverts. Draft IRS Code of Practice for masonry and plain cement concrete Archespercentage of over stress. Tests for reduction in present impact allowances for design of stringers and cross girders of open deck bridges. Revising certain clauses of the Steel Bridge Code regarding prestressing, existing bridges, bearings and bed plates, web tension and compression members etc. Design of turntables and make recommendations regarding chief features.
191/9 192/10 193/11 194/12 195/13
Twenty - second Meeting-December 1941

196/1 197/2 198/3 199/4 200/5 201/6 202/7 203/8 204/9 205/10 206/11 207/12 208/13 Use of RC pipes with single oval reinforcement standard pipes. Sleeper pad plates of different kinds. Revision of certain clauses of Steel Bridge Code regarding effective spans , limits of working stresses compression members etc. etc.. Revision of Rule 8(a) (ii), regarding longitudinal distribution of loads and Rules 19 to 21 regarding lateral loads other than wind loads. Clause 24 of the pier and abutment Code regarding application of loads. Clause 24 of the pier and abutment Code regarding application of loads. Revision of the Welding Code. Tests on welds in Tiscor and Tiscom steel welding of high tensile steels. Periodically cleaning and oiling the bearing of large bridge spans. Drawings of the goods shed. Drawings of the foot over bridges. Drawings of the piers and abutments. Drawings of plate girder spans for broad gauge with high tensile steel flanges and webs.
Twenty - third Meeting- November, 1942

209/1 210/2 211/3 212/4 213/5 214/6 215/7 216/8 Principles governing the design foundation wells of bridges. Revision of the welding Code. Designs for RC pipe with two concentric reinforcing rings. Correction slips to (a) Steel Bridge Code and (b) steel structures Code regarding (a) erection stresses working stresses, lateral bracing etc. (b) working stresses in roof purlins, etc. Drawings of plate girder spans for MG with hts flanges and webs. Typical drawings of the piers and abutments and calculations. Drawings of the foot-over bridge. Drawings of reinforce concrete box culverts.

Twenty-fourth Meeting - March, 1944
217/1 218/2 219/3 220/4 Designs of single track through type spans of 150ft and 300 ft (effective) for BG ML standard (File no. EB/ DOW). Formula for k used in clause 89 of the Steel Bridge Code and in clause 37 of the steel structures Code regarding latticing. Over stress in existing mild steel girder spans. Reduction in the impact factor for spans carrying ballasted track impact allowance on existing BG bridges reduced for restricted speed as per rule 30 of the Bridge Rules maximum possible speed on NG sections with full impact. Inclusion in the Bridge Rules of a formula for calculating impact on tough flooring or on steel sleeper on bridges. Draft welding Code for final printing. Design of welded rigid frame type foot over bridges. Suitable formulae in the IRS Steel Bridge and steel structure Code for (i) thickness of web plates and (ii) stiffener spacing in the design of plate girders. Design of 40 ft plate girder span with steel trough sleepers. The relief of stress in the top flanges of plate girders with timber decking and with various types of steel decking Standardising RC Ballast walls. Rule 17 of the Bridge Rules regarding wind load and other lateral loads Revision of clause 10 of Steel Bridge Code- alternating stresses. Revision of clause 45 of the Steel Bridge Code regarding camber. Rule 19 of the Bridge Rules and clauses 40-42 of the Steel Bridge Code regarding effects of wind pressure and lateral and portal bracing respectively.
221/5 222/6 223/7 224/8 225/9 226/10 227/11 228/12 229/30 230/14 231/15
Twenty - fifth Meeting - December, 1944

232/1 233/2 234/3 235/4 236/5 237/6 238/7 239/8 240/9 Methods of an apparatus for soil testing. Clause 11 of the steel structure Code minimum wind pressure to be assumed on roofs other than the flat roof. Revision of clause 52 of the Steel Bridge Code fabrication by welding of plate girders and members of open web girders Clause 52 of the reinforced concrete Code expression jd. Clause 46 of the reinforced concrete Code spacing of anchorage of the compression reinforcement. Deck type spans fitted with top and bottom bracing systems lateral forces to be resisted by each system. Supplement to the pier and abutment Code regarding butt joints etc. Impact factor where welded rail joints are used with closely spaced main girders and when trough flooring is used on widely spaced girders with ordinary rail joints. Calculations and sketch for 155 ft. Effective span BG ML loading.
Twenty - sixth Meeting - October, 1945

241/1 242/2 Placing the girders of cross timbered spans immediately under the rails. Alternative designs of plate girders utilising (a) riveted mild steel (b) riveted high tensile steel and (c) welded mild steel for new construction (c) drawings of 40ft and 60 ft plate girder spans ( a) riveted high tensile steel and (b) welded mild steel types prepared. Revised design for (a) a 100 ft. High tensile steel plate girder span with 3/8 web plate and (b) also a design for a 80 high tensile steel plate girder spans with 3/8 web plate. General arrangement and details of the flood lighting towers. Modifying clause 22 A(b) of the Steel Bridge Code- regarding plate girders of
243/3
244/4 245/5

246/6 247/7 248/8 249/9 deck type spans. Revision of clause 5 of Steel Bridge Code -secondary stresses. Revising clause 63 of the Steel Bridge Code experience of the destruction of the new chester bridge over Mississippi river due to overturning by wind. Design and calculations for 155 ft effective span BG ML loading and also with steel trough flooring prepared by the BB & CI railway. Justification of a revised formula for the longitudinal distribution of loads on bridges to cover steel troughing or beam running transversely to the track and supporting the rails directly. Justification for ignoring buoyancy in determining the pressure on the base of a well founded in impermeable cohesive strata. On the supplement to the Pier and Abutment Code. British Standard Code of Practice CP.4, 1944 Chapter V-Loading. Draft clauses of Code of Practice for combined rail road Bridges drawings of common deck bridges submitted by railways revising the present rules for allocation of cost of combined rail-road bridges. Further tests made on beams with reference to item 5 of the 25th report. Appendices (B&C of Steel Bridge Code * (A&B) of Steel Structures Code regarding curves showing permissible stresses in mild/ high tensile steel compression members and compression flanges of beams and plate girders Camber to be given to the floor system of triangulated girder spans. Wrought iron and mild steel of early manufacture clause 12 of the Steel Bridge Code.
250/10 251/11 252/12 253/13
254/14 255/15 256/16 257/17
Twenty - seventh Meeting- November, 1946

258/1 259/2 260/3 261/4 262/5 263/6 264/7 265/8 266/9 267/10 268/11 Draft Code of Practice for combined road and rail bridges. Overall lengths of turntables required for ML and BL engines broad gauge and Metre Gauge and standard `C engines Metre Gauge for the centrally pivotted type. Draft supplement to the reinforced concrete Code for the construction of reinforced concrete structures for the storage of liquids. Railway Boards orders on item 8 of the 26th Bridge Standards Committee Report regarding designs of trough floored spans. Regarding (i) the proportion of spans to be subjected to a full scale load and (ii) the magnitude of the test load to be applied. Composite action spans obtained from the institute of engineers, Australia. Design of battened struts. Revising Appendices A and B of the Steel Structures Code. Regarding common deck bridges. Revised draft of clause 17 of the Bridge Rules and clauses 9 and 10 of the steel structures Code- wind load and other lateral loads. To peruse letter from the British Welding Research association, London, of a tension member subjected to vibration.
Twenty-eighth Meeting- February, 1948

269 270 271 Designs of 30 ft and 40 ft riveted type goods sheds. Revision of clause 53 of the Steel Bridge Code- Working stresses in welded joints. Designs for a 155 ft open deck span with reference to boards orders on item 261 of the 27th report trough deck 155 ft span based on the original BB&CI Railway design. Drawing of platform roof at broach regarding the design of (a) steel and (b) reinforced concrete roofs with the steel work suspended below the structural members and (ii) regarding the standardisation of single cantilever type roofs for
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273 274 275 276 277 main platforms. The draft supplement to the reinforced concrete Code for the construction of reinforced concrete structures for the storage of liquids. Testing welded plate girders. Laying uncanted rails on bridges trial with steel sleepers made from two channels. Adequacy of clauses 20 & 21 of the Bridge Rules for dealing with racking forces on the end spans of long plate girder bridges and in the end panel of triangulated girders. For the common road-rail deck bridge.
Twenty-ninth Meeting- March, 1949

278 Limit of spans for which segmental Arches are used in IRS designs be increased above 10 ft leather be retained or laminated in abutments and or piers of Arch bridges, and upto what span Arches in future be designed in accordance with the elastic theory in preference to the line of pressure theory designs for reinforced concrete Arches should be undertaken and the range of spans for these designs. Modifications of reinforcement in IRS designs of reinforced concrete pipes and to decide. Design for prestressed reinforced concrete MG girder for 40 ft and 60 ft spans. Design of 20 ft RCC slab MG ML standard with (a) old rail reinforcement rod (b) reinforcement and (c) pre-cast I beams. Horizontal forces resulting from creep of girders on piers. Aluminum design for common road-rail deck bridges. Additional clause in the Steel Bridge Code to cover the case of upper chords end rakers of open web girders. Racking forces in bridges. Introduction of standard loading for 2-6 gauge with reference to bridge rule 4 (c) Compressed air Code Introduction of a sub-clause under clause 15 of the Steel Bridge Code relating to overstress in bridges. Modification to the number of test pieces required for determining permissible stresses in existing wrought iron or early steel girder as per appendix D of the Steel Bridge Code. Fitting guard angles or rails on bridges on which the rails carried (a) on steel troughs or steel sleepers and (b) directly on pre-stressed concrete girders, where no sleepers are introduced between the rails and the girders.
279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289
290
Thirtieth Meeting - April, 1950

291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 Stresses in members of open web girders, during the process of renewal of such members. Live load and impact allowance on combined road rail bridges with the road deck and the rail deck at different levels. Additions and alterations in (1) Bridge Rules and (Road-Rail Bridge Code- Foot bridges and foot paths on bridges Impact factor for the design of spandrel filled Arches Draft of the revised IRS Code of Practice for the design and construction of masonry and concrete Arch bridges. Modification of clauses 8 (a)(i) and (ii) of the Bridge Rules regarding longitudinal distribution for railway loads on arches. Conditions under which box culverts can be advantageously used as compared with other types of culverts and to scrutinise CSO design for 10 x 12 box culvert. Permissible flexural tensile stress in structures and in bridges built in mild steel and in high tensile steel.

299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 Permissible shear stress in web plates and in rivets of bridge girders built in mild steel and in high tensile steel. Revised impact formula for narrow gauge bridges. Metallising of bridge and structural members. Designs for 100 ft and 60 ft prestressed girders to BG ML loading and the method of fabrication of such girders. Drawings for reinforced concrete pipes of 4-6, 5'-0 5-6 and 6-0 diameters. Rational method of designing RC Bed blocks. Area of the span to be taken in calculating the wind loads on bridge girder spans. Revision of clause 34 of the Steel Bridge Code regarding the incidence of stresses in bridge girders under lateral wind loads.
Thirty-first Meeting - December, 1950

307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 Revision of bridge Rules with regard to impact factor for web members of triangulated spans. Deletion of clause 11 (c) of the bridge Rules - pipe culverts, arched bridges, RC culverts, slabs and girders. Revision of clause 17 of the Bridge Rules and clause 9 of the steel structures Code regarding wind loads. Revision of clause 18 of the Bridge Rules with regard to exposed area of lattice girders. Report on experimental steel sleepers with reference to item 225 of the 24th report. Rational method of designing RC Bed blocks. Camber in girder spans. Flame cleaning with reference to item 4 of the 1st report of the structures standards committee. The use of high weight steel purlins for roofs. Correspondence regarding discrepancies in addendum and corrigendum slip no. 2 to steel structures Code (revised 1948). Revision of clause 83 of IRS Welding Code regarding permissible stress in welds. Revised details of the common Road Rail Deck of Road cum Rail Bridge girder span. Alternative profiles for 300 ft combined road-rail bridge girder span. Design of 75 ft turntable of flexible type. Revision of permissible working stresses in concrete columns with reference to clauses 13 and 65 of the Reinforced Concrete Code. Specifying longitudinal loads for road bridges with reference to clauses 22 of the Bridge Rules. Revision of permissible working stresses in wrought iron taking into account the effect of fluctuations of stress in railway bridge members with reference to clause 12 and appendix `D of the Steel Bridge Code.
Thirty-second Meeting - December, 1951

324 325 Revision of Clause 26 (c) of the IRS Reinforced Concrete Code with regard to the period of striking of shuttering. Draft clauses relating to proportioning of mix and permissible stresses in RC work which are to replace clauses 9 (d), 10 (b), 13, 16 (b) and (c) and 18 of the Reinforced Concrete Code. Draft clauses on torsion for incorporation in the Reinforced Concrete Code. Higher permissible stresses in vibrated concrete. Revision of permissible working stresses in concrete columns.
326 327 328

329 330 331 332 333 334 Permissible stresses in compression flanges of plate girders and beams in structures other than bridges. Longitudinal run of f frames at the approaches of girder bridges. Permissible shear stress in web plates and in rivet of bridge girders built in mild steel and in high tensile steel. The limits of overstress in end cross girders and connection during jacking up of truss spans for purposes of maintenance Permissible bearing pressures on RC bed blocks with reference to 303 of the 30th report. Amending item (a) (1) of appendix A of the Steel Bridge Code regarding the load to be applied for deriving the stress camber change in view of sub-paragraph 2 of clause 46 of the Code having been amended. Cover in RC pipe culverts with reference to clause 19 of the Steel Bridge Code. Amendments to clauses 2 (b) (1), 3,5,6 and 7 (c) of the Arch bridge Coderegarding vertical loads of the Arch, horizontal loads on the arch shape and effective length of arch ring and analysis of stresses in arch ring. Revision of clauses 39 (c) and 41 of the Steel Bridge Code regarding compression members and lateral bracings. Revision of clause 21 of the steel structures Code regarding the stresses under combined, compression and bending Revision of clauses 79 (b) and 83 of the IRS welding Code with reference to fillet welded joints. Metallizing of bridge and structural members with reference to item 301.
335 336
337 338 339 340
Thirty-third Meeting - November, 1952

341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 Permissible stresses for various species of timber. Inclusion of a clause specifying depth/span ratios for railway bridge girder spans in the Steel Bridge Code. Revision of clause in IRS steel structures relating to live load with a view to effect economy in the use of material. Revision of clause 12 of the IRS steel structures Code relating to wind pressures on buildings. Draft clauses on torsion for incorporation in the reinforced concrete Code. Revision of the clauses in the Pier and Abutment Code relating the earth pressures on the abutments. Standard method for deriving the safe bearing pressures on piles. Standard loading for 2-6 gauge with reference to item 286 of the 29th report. 150 ft BG ML Standard Span. Standard drawings for reinforced concrete arch bridges.
Thirty-fourth Meeting - November, 1953

351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 Impact effect on small span masonry arch bridges under restricted speeds. Permissible overstresses in the masonry of piers and abutments. Revision of clause 12 in the piers and abutments Code relating to angle of repose. Revision of clause 8 (a) (ii) of the Steel Structures Code relating to the dynamic effects on crane girders gantries and runways. Revision of clause 11(b) of the Steel Structures Code relating to the wind loads on multiple span roofs. Alternative method of providing super - elevation on girder bridges on curves. Limiting the span /depth ratio for RC Beams & Slabs. Rational method for ascertaining the strength of the exiting arch bridges and modifications to clause 5(C) of the arch Bridge Code.

359 360 Values of punching shear in the Reinforced Concrete and Plain Concrete Codes. Drawings of precast prestressed concrete foot over bridge spanning over two BG tracks.
Thirty-fifth Meeting - November, 1954

361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 Revision of scantlings in IRS type platform shelters. Adoption of asbestos cement gutters for passanger platform shelters as an alternative to galvanised Iron sheet gutters. Alternative method of supporting the skew girder spans. Adoption of ex-east Indian Railway type RC slabs as an alternative to IRS slabs. Revision of clause 9 of the pier and abutment Code, regarding the surcharge due to highway loads for the design of abutments. Impact factors on masonry - piers and trestles. Revision of clause 13(a) and 32 of the Steel Bridge Code relating to the ratio of the length of breadth of compression flanges of plate girders and beams Revision of clause 22(a) (c) of the Steel Bridge Code regarding the effective length of compression chords of flanges or girders of semi-through type spans or of through type spans without top lateral bracing. Revision of clause 20 of the reinforced concrete Code regarding the working stresses in reinforcement
369
Thirty-sixth Meeting - February, 1956

370 371 372 373 374 375 Advantages of aluminium corrugated sheets for roofing purposes. Clause 43 of the Steel Bridge Code regarding portal bracing. Economical design for road over bridges. Typical designs of wing walls. Draft clauses on prestressed concrete construction which will form a supplement to the IRS Code of Practice for reinforced concrete. Acceptable standards of welds as revealed by radiographs both in the case of welds subjected to full permissible stress and those subjected to 66-2/3 per cent of full permissible stress. Welding of flange plates to rolled steel joints for bridge girders. Standard design of RC slabs. Drawings of 20 ft BG ML span or reinforced concrete T beam. Suitable clauses for determination of the effective length and permissible stresses in compression members of rigid frames subjected to reversal of stress in the same flange within two points of lateral restraints. Value of wind pressures on passenger platform shelters. Drawings of 100 ft MG ML and BG ML through type truss spans. Providing expansion joints in long IRS Platform roofs. Water pressure on piers in deep water and to suggest modification to clause 13 of the Pier and Abutment Code. Use of steel sleepers on bridges. special precautions if any for anchoring girders on gradients.
376 377 378 379
380 381 382 383 384 385
Thirty-seventh Meeting - March, 1957

386 387 388 389 390 391 Standardisation of the sizes and heights of tank stagings. Changing loose rivets in steel trough sleepers. Water pressure on deep piers. IRS designs of bridge slabs British experiments on passenger platform roofs. Trial reports on asbestos cement gutters.

392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 Provision of expansion joints in long IRS platform. Longitudinal forces on the design of substructures for RC slab top opening. Steel bridge Code (a) Introduction of 22.5 ton axle load bogie wagons impact factor applicable and impact factor applicable to single engines on large spans. Indian standard Code of Practice for the use of structural steel in general building construction. Clause 19 of the Bridge Rules, regarding wind and other lateral loads. Design of RCC platform shelters. Typical design of abutment for 40 ft span. Typical design of 30 ft plain concrete arch span. BG ML standard 250 ft span single track. MG ML standard 250 ft span double track. Continuous girder over 3 x 60 spans. Clause 39 (d) the Steel Bridge Code regarding batten plates.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - November, 1957

1 2 3 4 IS Code of Practice for the use of structural steel in general building construction - adoption in suppression of IRS Steel Structures Code. IS Code of Practice for structural safety of buildings: loading standards -adoption of . IS Code of Practice for design of steel bridges carrying rail, road or pedestrian traffic - adoption of . Criteria for design of prestressed concrete bridges and structures .(IRS Reinforced Concrete Code).
Thirty eighth Meeting - February, 1958

405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 Wind tunnel tests on platform shelters. Loading test for the design of purlins. Back fill for abutments. Steam effect on bridge girders to incorporate suitable clauses in the Bridge Rules. Hand book of bridge and structural designs. Conversion of clear span distances, pier centers and overall lengths into metric units. Drawings of loco sheds. The design by RDSO for BG ML standard 200 ft span. The design by RDSO for MG ML standard 200 ft span. Drawings of 100 ft span underslung type BG ML standard. IRS design of bridge slabs for 12 span with alternative designs. Design of steel tank stagings. Painting schedules.
Thirty ninth Meeting - February, 1959

418 419 420 421 422 423 424 Modifications to the Steel Bridge Code and Bridge Rules. Withdrawal of IRS Code of Practice for the design of construction of earthquake resistance buildings and structures. Introduction of designed concrete mixes prepared by the director Research, railway testing and Research center. Modified design of triangulated purlin. Drawings for 20 ft BG ML span of reinforced concrete `T beams. Design of 100 ft span BG ML standard with welded floor system. Design of 150 ft MG ML standard span.

425 426 427 Design of RCC tank and staging for 50,000 gallons capacity. Design of 80 ft plate girder. 100 ft span underslung type BG ML standard.
Fortieth Meeting - February, 1960

428 Deletion of formula d = L2/KD inches for permissible static deflection from the Chapter 11 of the rules of the opening of railway, or a section of railway for public carriage of passengers. Values of permissible static deflection for PC girders. Desirability of providing safety refuges on the girder bridges at suitable distances. Load factor for structure designed according to the plastic theory. Revision of clause 49 of the IRS Specification B-1-47 regarding weight of the fabricated structures for the purpose of payment. Loosening of rivets fixing the steel trough sleepers to girder bridges. Water proofing arrangements, etc. in the PRC bridges. Clause 15 of the IRS pier and abutment Code regarding conditions of stability. Cover of constructional concrete in reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures. Spacing of girders. IRS plain concrete Code regarding working stress. 20 ft PRC slab BG ML and MG ML standard. `T beam for the foot over bridges. 100 ft span under slung type MG ML. Replacement of existing rocker bearing with the roller type with provision of one link bar for 150 ft MG ML span.
429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442

1 2 IS Code of Practice for Steel Bridges with modifications where necessary for use on railways. Revised IRS Steel Bridge Code.
Forty- first Meeting - March, 1961

443 444 445 446 447 448 449 Racking forces for multiple track bridges. Additions to clause 78 of IRS welding Code with reference to the use of welds at the edges of a plate for a section in members subject to dynamic loading. Revision of rule 27 of IRS bridge rules for the seismic allowance. Inclusion of the chemical composition for class II steel in the IRS Specification No. M-5. Second wind tunnel test report to suggest wind pressures. Revision of clause No. 13 of IRS pier and abutment Code regarding water and wind pressures. Clause 8 of the Pier and Abutment Code in regard to the Provision to be made for stresses in the piers and abyutments on account of resistance of fered by the bearings to movements due to temperature other causes. Use of rapid hardening cement for the replacement of existing bed blocks, with new cement concrete cast in situ bed blocks. Inclusion of 2 size aggregate in clause 9 (d) of IRS RC Code. Revision of the criteria for the design of prestressed concrete bridges and structures. Revised draft IRS Arch bridge Code clauses 11 and 12 regarding design of return and wind walls and economy in arch bridge design. Standardising the equipment emergency purposes to enable quick restoration of
450 451 452 453 454

455 456 457 458 459 460 461 traffic. Fixation of steel trough sleeper to bridge girders. Design of pier and abutment for 18.3m (60 ft) BG ML standard span. Design of unit type steel trestles for 24384m (80 ft) BGML Standard size of high service water tanks in metric dimensions. Design of 76.2m (250 ft) BG ML standard open web girder span. Design of plate girders of spans 12.2m (40 ft) and 18.3m (60 ft) BG ML standard. Jacking arrangement to be provided in plate girders.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - December, 1961

1 2 3 IRS Code of Practice for concrete bridges (Draft). Welding of rail joints on girder bridges. IRS Pier and Abutment Code (Revised as Bridge Substructure Code).
Forty-second Meeting - February, 1962

462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 Revision of clause 5(c) of IRS Arch bridge Code permissible overstress in existing Arch bridges. 6,12,23(d) of IRS Bridge Rules and clauses 17 to 27 of road - rail bridge Code regarding roadway and footpath loads and impact allowances. Provision of foundations for RCC box culverts. Use of 'Ordinary Steel" to ISI draft specification for steel structures. Water proofing arrangements over RCC slabs and prestress concrete bridges. Different standard designs of RCC prescast slabs for fixed centers and variable track centers. Design of funicular culvert under high fills. Design of the wafer type composite slab. Alternative designs of 15ft span precast RCC slabs. Additional landing in the staircase of foot-over bridge to allow for increase in height necessitated to suit the clearance required for 25 kv AC traction. Design of pier and abutment for 18.3m (60ft) BGML standard span. Design of 76.2 metres (250 ft) BGML standard open web girder spans. Design of 31.9 metres (100ft) span BGML plate girder in metric units. Standard designs of high service tanks.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - October, 1962

1 2 3 IRS Bridge Substructure Code (Draft ) Welded rails on girder bridges. Revision of clause 6 (e) of Bridges Rules and clause 21 of Rail-cum-Road Bridge Code regarding class AA Loading.
Forty-third Meeting - May, 1963

476 To consider the clause 10 of the IRS Steel Bridge Code 1962 for revision as suggested by RDSO and to make recommendations regarding alternating stresses. To consider item 444 of the 41st report regarding certain additions to clause 78 of the IRS welding Code and to make recommendations regarding end fillets. To consider the revision of Appendix A- Rules for prestressing of OPen Web Girder Spans, of the IRS Steel Bridge Codein the light of the letter received from the Western Railway and to make recommendations. To consider the Indian standard Specifications for steel , namely IS: 226 - 1962, is :
477 478 479

1977 - 1962 and IS: 2062 - 1962, to determine the conditions under which the three types of steel can be used for Civil engineering works and to make recommendations. To consider the design of 91.4m (300ft) BGML through type span prepared by RDSO and to make recommendations. To consider the design of 61m (200ft) BGML through type span prepared by RDSO and to make recommendations. To consider the design of 12.2 m (40ft)composite RCC and steel girder BGML span and to make recommendations. To consider the design of composite prestressed and plain concrete wafer type slabs for 10 .2 m (33.5ft) road bridge, class a loading over two BG tracks prepared by RDSO and to make recommendations. To consider the type and details of bearings to be used for prestressed concrete railway girder span and to make recommendations. To consider the stadardization of the type and capacities of steam and diesel bridge traveling cranes for Broad gauge and Metre Gauge and to make recommendations.
480 481 482 483
484 485
Forty-fourth Meeting - March, 1964

486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 Bridge Rules - revised draft incorporating metric units and certain additions and amendments. Amendment to clause 10 of IRS Steel Bridges Code 1962 relating to fluctuation of stresses for welded construction . Welding of rail joints on girder bridges without ballasted floors Strength of bridges for running the present and future builds of diesel and electric locomotives. Design of substructures in steel for inclusion in the bridge substructure Code. Amendment to clause 24(3.20) of Steel Bridge Code. 1962 - existing bridges Seismic and longitudinal forces for the design of bridges. Use of blast furnace slag cement. Design of 91.4m (300 ft) span BGML standard. Design of wafer type composite slab. Reinforced concrete pipes. Fixing rails to mild steel through sleepers. Replacement of existing bed blocks.
Forty - fifth Meeting - February, 1965

499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 Revision of clause 3.6 of IRS Steel Bridge Code- 1962- fluctuations of stress (fatigue). IRS B-162 - additions and amendments to certain clauses. Deflection in shallow depth plate girders. Specification for grouting of post-tensioned prestressed concrete girders. Earthquake resistant design of bridge structures. Design of 30.5m (100) BG ML underslung girders. 18.3m span BG ML emergency girder. Design of steel through/channel sleepers for BG and MG ML standard. Plate girder bridges on curves. Design of PSC composite slab for road over bridge. Design of RCC `intze type tanks. Tunneling equipment. Dimensions in metric units for future standard bridge girders. Permissible tensile stress at construction joints of mass concrete structures. Longitudinal and lateral distribution of railway live loads.

Forty- sixth Meeting - November, 1966
514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523* 524 525 Design of 30.5, 12.2 and 9.15 metre span MG ML standard riveted plate girders. Design of 30.5m span MG ML standard underslung girders. Design of 6.1m span BGML standard welded plate girders. Design of 6.1m span MGML standard welded plate girders. 30.5m span (maximum) open web BG ML standard emergency girder. Design of goods shed by plastic theory. Welded platform roof (10.65 m wide bays) 3 x 45.7m span ( 4 x 150 ft) BG ML standard continuous open web girder with composite and concrete stringers. Longitudinal load distribution in slab bridges with 8 in. Cushion. Seismic forces to be considered in the design of railway bridges. Painting of girder bridges. Rules for the effect of increased longitudinal forces due to running of diesel/electric locos on existing bridges and rules for the design of new bridges and substructures. Clause 2.5.2(b) of the Bridge Rules regarding the assumptions of the height above rail level of the horizontal load due to centrifugal forces in case of MG rolling stock. Report on deformation stresses in Brahmaputra bridge. Replacement of existing bed blocks with cast-in-situ bed blocks. 12.2m span composite RCC and steel girder BG ML standard. 30.5m span composite RCC and steel open web girder, BGML standard. Effects of diesel and electric traction of structures of bridges (BG)
526*
528* 529 530 531 532

1/527 2/532 Guard rails on girder Bridges. Longitudinal forces : effect of diesel /electric traction on substructure of bridgesB.G.
Forty- seventh Meeting April, 1967

523 526 528 533 534 535* 536* 537* 538 539 540* 541* 542 543 544 545 546 547* Seismic forces to be considered in the design of railway bridges. Clause 2.5.2(b) of the Bridge Rules regarding the assumption of the height above rail level of horizontal load due to centrifugal forces in case of MG rolling stock. Report of deformation stress in brahmaputra bridge. Test of tensile strength of masonry. Use of rubber pads on steel sleepers. Use of welded structures. Use of IRS plate girders on curves. Specification for grouting of ducts. Pipe pushing in embankments. Effect of rolling tolerances in the design and detailing of bridge girder spans. Use of new design prepared by RDSO. Tension in concrete for PRC girders under test loads. Provision of web holes in abutments End beams of precast RCC bridge slabs and T beams. Use of steel to is-2062 and is-226. Edge distance for riveting and bolting clause 7.5 of IRS Steel Bridge Code 1962. Bridge sleepers formed by bolting to tracks sleepers. Design of good shed using butterfly type roof.

548* 12.2m (40 ft) composite RCC and steel girder BGML span.
* Deleted from the report as these were not discussed and proposed to be taken up in the next meeting
Forty-eighth Meeting March, 1968

535 536 537 540 541 547 548 549 550 551 Use of welded structures. Use of IRS plate girders on curves specification for grouting of ducts. Use of new designs prepared by RDSO. Tension in concrete for PRC girders under test loads. Design of goods shed using butterfly type roof. 12.2m (40ft) composite RCC and steel girder BGML span. Maximum permissible deflection clause 4.17 of IRS Steel Bridge Code. Clause 2.3.1 note 1 of Bridge Rules-live load. Substructure- permissible stresses.
Forty-ninth Meeting January, 1969

552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 Effect of longitudinal forces on substructures of bridges due to diesel/ electric traction. Greasing of phosphor bronze bearings. Replacement of existing bed blocks with cast-in situ. Under drilling by fabricators of holes meant for turned bolts and remaining them at site after assembly. Use of sealing paste for hot riveting. Elimination of secondary stresses in the truss girder. Spacing of bridge timbers at rail joints. Use of deformed high strength bars in structures to carry railway loading and other dynamically loaded structures. Design of bearings plates to be used on bridge girders Pipe pushing in railway embankments. RCC pipe of 250 mm dia - standardization of .
Fiftieth Meeting - February, 1970

563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 Effect of commission of sway bracings in through girder spans. Design of ballastless RCC slabs for spans of 0.61, 0.915m. Substructures submerged in water-reduction in permissible stresses. Permissible tensile stresses at construction joints of mass concrete structures. Revision of clause 27.1 of IRS bridge substructure Code to provide for impact forces. Design of foundation on rock with the resultant passing beyond the middle third of the base. Bearing plates and fastenings to be used on bridge girders. Design of road bridges. Design of single angle discontinuous struts in open web girder. Calculated camber under dead load in open web girders. Seismic forces to be considered in the design for railway bridge and structures.

Extra-Ordinary Meeting - June, 1970
574 Revision of IRS Draft Welded Bridge Code.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - January, 1971

575 IRS Steel Welded Bridge Code
Fifty-first Meeting - April, 1971

576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 Design of ballastless RCC slab for spans of 0.61m, 0.763m & 0.915m for BGML standard loadings. Provision of surface reinforcement in plain concrete structures. Impact allowances to be considered in the design of substructure of slab bridges not provided with bed blocks. Design of skew slabs. Review of the provision of clauses 17.4 and 17.5 of the IRS Substructure Bridge Code. To review the provisions made in clause 16 of the IRS Substructure Code. Review of provision of clauses 6.23.1.1 and 5.23.1.5 of the IRS Concrete Bridge Code. Revision of clauses 25.1 and 25.2 of the IRS Bridge Substructure Code and clause 12.1 of the IRS Arch Bridge Code. Withdrawal of IRS Liquid Retaining R.C. Structures Code and adoption of relevant IS: Codes. Use of elastomeric pads for bearings of railway bridges. Review of the provisions of clause 9 of the IRS Bridge substructure Code. Frictional Resistance of Expansion Bearings. Foot over bridges - Limit of deflection. High Strength friction grip bolts. Welded platform roofs. Longitudinal forces to be considered in the design of narrow gauge bridges.
Fifty-second Meeting - April, 1972

592 MG-BG Conversion - Designs of plate girders for BG ML loading utilising standard MG ML plate girders of spans of 6.1m, 9.15m, 18.3m, 24.4m and 30.5m. MG-BG Conversion - Design of open web girders for BGML loading utilising MGML open web girders of spans 30.5m and 45.7m. MG-BG conversion - Design of 22.86m dia 3 point support MG-BG turn table. Provision of covering for road under bridges in urban areas. Weathering Steel - Design of plate girder of span 12.2m for BGML loading. Provision of oil bath, bearings for bridge girders. Design of flood lighting towers. Revised main line standards of Railway loading (Liveload) for Metre Gauge. Design of RCC pipe of 250 mm dia. Specification for grouting of ducts in post-tensioned prestressed concrete construction.
593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601
Fifty-third Meeting - March, 1973

602 603 Use of precast RCC bed blocks with resin bonding. Use of deformed high strength bars in railway bridges.

604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 Adequacy of deck with of PSC girders. Design for composite girders. IRS Bridge Sub-structures Code revision of . Use of rapid hardening cement. Revision of clause 4.7.2.2 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code. Welded bridge girders - design for 18.3m span. Bridge sleepers. Welded turn table design for 22.86m dia. Bridge traveling cranes - General requirements. Platform shelter - Design of base of column. Temporary trestles and Christ Church cribs. Guard rails on girder bridges. Spacing of bridge timbers at rail joints. Design of platform shelters - coefficient of wind force.
Extra Ordinary Meeting - April, 1974

618 619 Standard of loading BG Test and Rating of masonry Arch bridge.
Fifty-fourth Meeting - December, 1974

620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 Intermediate stiffeners for plate girder. Rivets or bolts through packing & Long Grip Rivets. Portland Pozzolana cement to IS: 1489-1967. Revision of clauses 17,18 & 19 of IRS Bridge Sub-substructure Code. Specification for grouting of ducts in post tensioned prestressed concrete construction. Design of steel channel sleepers for Bridges. Design of 12.2m span composite Girders with RCC Deck for BGML loading, utilising released MGML plate girders. Jacketing of weak /distressed masonry Arch bridges Longitudinal Forces for the Design of Substructure of RCC Bridges. Standard Designs of Passenger Platform Roofs-Infringements. Standard Design of Antenna Towers self-supporting type.
Fifty-fifth Meeting - December, 1975

631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 Bridge bearings of PTFE. Glued Bridge Sleepers. Load bearing stiffeners for solid web girders. Smoke guards. Metallising of girder bridges and turn tables. Inspection of bridges. Wind pressure effects on bridges during erections. Box culverts. Use of deformed high strength bars in railway bridges. Review of provision of clause 6.23.2.5 of IRS CONCRETE BRIDGE CODE. Bearings for prestressed concrete bridges. Design of composite girders. Design of precast RCC slabs. Review of pending BSC items.

Fifty-sixth Meeting - April, 1977
645 646 647 648 Design of steel trestles for temporary bridging. Emergency plate girders made of light weight aluminum alloy. Draft criteria for fabrication and erection of steel work of microwave towers self supporting type- including inspection and maintenance. Modification to the existing designs for 100m high antenna towers to Drg. Nos. RDSO / B- 789 & 786 series for medium and high wind pressure areas in view of revision of IS: 802 (part-i) 1967 in 1973 followed by amendment no. 1 in 1974. Spacing of bridge timers at rail joints. Quinquennial revision of list of important bridges and tunnels on Indian Railways. Study group to deal with maintenance problems of bridges and structures. Effect of omission of Sway Bracings in through girder Spans. To consider standardisation of practices for strengthening substructures. Pipeline crossings under Railway track. Construction of Canal crossings with Precast concrete elements. Testing and rating of masonry Arch bridges. Provision of approach slabs for relieving the earth pressure behind abutments. Accessing the stability of abutments of Arch bridges by theoretical calculations. Review of the pending BSC items. Revised draft criteria for structural design of microwave antenna towers - selfsupporting type.
649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660

661 (1) Draft specifications for fabrication and erection of steel work for Microwave Towers self-supporting type (2) Draft manual of Instructions for maintenance of steel work of Microwave Tower self-supporting type. IRS Code of Practice for design of substructure of bridges (Bridge Substructure Code)
662
Fifty-seventh Meeting - April, 1978

663 664 665 Revision of IRS B1-62 for steel girder bridges. Revision of IRS B2-1963 - erection and riveting of bridge girders. To examine the (i) Draft of Practice for fabrication and erection of steel work of Microwave towers - self supporting type and (ii) draft manual of instructions for maintenance of steel work of microwave towers self supporting type as recommended by the BSC vide item no. 661 in the light of Railway Boards letter no. 78/WL/BR-1/2 dt. 27-2-78, and to make recommendations. Plate girders to RBG standard of loading - standardisation of . Open web triangulated through type girders to RBG standard of loading standardisation. Revision of IRS Bridge Substructure Code. Welded Bridge Girders Design of composite girders. Design of PSC slabs to RBG standard of loading. Metallising of girder bridges and turntables. Painting system for bridge girders located in coastal areas. Portland Pozzuolana Cement to IS: 1489-1976. Use of deformed high strength bars in Railway bridges. Revision of IRS Bridge Substructure Code.
666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676

662 Revised IRS Substructure Code.
Fifty-eighth Meeting - April, 1979

677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 Adoption of international system (SI units) Permissible bond stresses when deformed bars are used. Permissible limit of crack widths in reinforced concrete structures. Design of RCC Bridge columns subject to combined action of vertical loads and bending. Design of RCC Bridge slabs for spans of 4.0m and 5.0m using high yield strength-deformed bars to RBG loading. Design of composite girders. Design of Prestressed concrete Box girders to RBG standard of loading. Seismic forces to be considered in the design of railway bridges. Design of 18.3m span plate girder welded type with high strength structural steel with enhanced corrosion resistance. Bridge timbers built up with ordinary track sleepers. Review of follow up action taken on recommendations of BSC. Adoption of rationalised spans.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - Jan./Feb., 1980

689 Review of longitudinal forces
Fifty-ninth Meeting - July, 1980

690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 Welding of high strength deformed bars. Measurement of Scour around bridge piers. Portland Pozzuolana Cement to IS: 1489-1976. Design of RCC Bridge Slabs for spans 0.5m to 5.0m using high strength deformed bars to RBG Loading. Design of prestressed concrete bridge slabs, 7.5m span. Design of prestressed concrete box girder to RBG loading, 18.3m span Bridge & Structures Study Group on Inspection and maintenance of Bridges & Structures. Design of 92/96 m RBG standard girders. Welded Bridge girders, 24.4 and 30.5m spans. Roller & rocker bearings for plate girder spans. Elastomeric bearings for spans 12.2, 18.3, 24.4 and 30.5m. High strength friction grip bolts. Antenna tower design in MWP Zone as per Design Criteria 1977. Review of action taken on items of the Bridge & Substructures Standards Committee. Checking of Bridge Structures for the purpose of gauge conversion to wider gauge. Seismic force to be considered in the design of Railway Bridge.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - Feb., 1981

706 Revision of clauses on impact of IRS Bridge Rules.

Sixtieth Meeting - April, 1981
707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716* 717* 718* 719* 720* 721* 722* Design of precast RCC-T girders to RBG loading. Design of prestressed concrete Bridge Slabs of 5m span. Design of precast prestressed (pre-tensioned type) I- girders of Rationalised spans. Design of RCC overhead Tanks with capacity 50, 100 and 250 litres. Riveted & welded plate girders for rationalised spans. Roller & rocker Bearings for composite girder/ spans. Racking forces for design of Bridge girders. Limit State Design. Measurement of Velocity Scour etc. at major bridges. Amendment to criteria for structural design of microwave antenna towers selfsupporting type. To discuss provisions in Bridge Rules regarding wind pressure on bridge girders. Amendment to clauses relating to use of HSFG bolts in towers. Wind pressure coefficients for design of platform roof shelters. Amendment to clause 2.3.4 of IRS Bridge Rules Amendment to clause 3.4 of IRS Bridge Rules. Review of action on pending items of earlier BSC meetings.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting -Dec. 1981

723 724* Standard of loading MGML (revised) Manual of instruction for Railway affecting work.
Sixty - first Meeting-July, 1982

716* 717* 718* 719* 720* 721* 722* 724* To consider amendments to criteria for structural design of microwave antenna towers self-supporting type. To discuss provisions in Bridge Rules regarding wind pressure on bridge girders. To discuss amendments to Clauses relating to use of HSFG bolts in towers. Wind pressure coefficients for design of platform roof shelters. To consider revision of clause 2.3.4.1 & amendments to Clause 2.3.4.2 of the IRS Bridge Rules. Amendment to Clause 3.4 of IRS Bridge Rules. Review of action on pending items of earlier BSC meetings. To consider amendment to clause 2.8 of IRS Bridge Rules for incorporating consideration of two & three spans loaded conditions for checking the stability of piers and abutments having roller/rocker and sliding bearing. To consider revision of clauses 6.6.4.10, 6.17 and 6.19.4 of IRS CONCRETE BRIDGE CODE. To consider the proposed amendment to clause 6.9.2.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code regarding load factor for checking the condition at failure. To consider the amendment to clause 6.19.3 of IRS CONCRETE BRIDGE CODE regarding distribution, temperature and shrinkage reinforcement. To discuss revised provisions for design of compression members in microwave towers. To consider revision of clause 5.10.2 and Table X of IRS Steel Bridge Code. To examine the provision of horizontal stiffeners for solid web girders vide clause no.5.10.3 of IRS Steel Bridge Code for the amendment. To consider revision of clause 3.3.7 to 3.3.9 and Appendix 'A' of IRS Steel Bridge Code. To consider revision of clause 3.6.3 and 3.6.4 of IRS Steel Bridge Code. Computation of secondary stresses in open web girders.
725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733

734 735 To consider the design of approach slabs for adoption on the Indian Railways. To examine the designs of precast prestressed (pre-tensioned type) I-girder for 10m (Drg. No.RDSO/B-1442) and box girder for 15m (Drg. No.RDSO/b-1443) spans suitable for RBG standard of loading. To examine the centres of bearings, centers of piers, overall lengths of the rationalised standards spans. To examine the designs prepared by RDSO for 50.0m clear span of riveted open web girder to RBG standard of loading. To consider the designs prepared by RDSO for Christ Church Crib type trestle to permit max. Non-stop speed of 30 kmph. To discuss specifications for procurement of special conditions for HSFG bolts. To review the action taken on the Railway Board's orders on various pending items of Bridge & Structures Standards Committee.
736 737 738 739 740
* Deleted from the report as these were not discussed and proposed to be taken up in the next meeting
Sixty- second Meeting- June, 1985

741 742 743 744 To consider the design of 30m span standard through girder for adoption on Indian Railways and to make recommendations. To examine the designs prepared by RDSO for 75.0m clear span of rivetted open web girder to RBG standard and to make recommendations. To consider inclusion of provisions by proposed amendment to clause 4.7 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code regarding the use of strands for prestressing and to make recommendations. To consider the proposed amendment to clause 4.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to incorporate the use of admixtures in cement concrete for bridge works and to make recommendations. To consider the proposed amendment to clause no.6.6.4.9 and 6.15.7 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to incorporate the effects of differential shrinkage between precast unit and in - situ concrete in the case of prestressed concrete composite construction and to make recommendations. To consider the Specification for backfill material and filter material behind abutments and retaining walls as amendment to clause no. 20.2 of IRS Substructure Code and to make recommendations. To consider the existing provision regarding end-milling and desired amendments and to make recommendations. To consider recommendations made by principal, IRIATT regarding increase in the present practice followed with regards to the width of concrete deck i.e. 4265mm and to make recommendations. To review the action taken on the Railway Board's Order on various pending items of the Bridge and Structures Standards Committee and to make recommendations. To consider provision of splices in girders due to non-availability of longer plates and to make recommendations . To consider revision of drawing no.BA-11193 for bridge sleeper built out of track sleepers approved vide item no.632 of 55th BSC (file no.CBS/DSD). To consider the proposed amendments for distribution of longitudinal forces to various component of bridge sub-structures and to make recommendations. To conduct an in depth study of the problems of rebuilding of old railway bridges and to make recommendations for rebuilding programme. To conduct in depth study of the various international Codes relating to bridges and to make recommendations for revision of various IRS Codes, wherever necessary.
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746
747 748
749
750 751 752 Informal- 1 Informal- 2

Informal- 3 To consider proposed guidelines for checking up the strength of bridges for running of 7500t. Freight trains on nominated routes and to make recommendations.
Sixty-third Meeting-January, 1987

753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 Informal- 1 Informal- 2 Informal- 3 Informal- 4 Standard PSC girder of 20m span to RBG Standard loading. Amendment to clause 6.6.4.10, 6.17 and 6.19.4 of IRS Concrete Bridge CodeProvision of shear reinforcement. Fabrication of Microwave Towers. Revised Metre Gauge loading standard. Review of action taken on pending items of earlier BSC meetings. Standard designs for semi through steel girder bridges. Modification to RBG loading. RCC box culvert. Heavy haul/long haul operation Provision of seismic arrangements for girders. Temporary girders and support structures Bridge design and construction technology on Indian Railways.
Sixty-fourth Meeting -April, 1988

761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 Supplemental measures for Design, Detailing and Durability of Concrete Bridges. Design of precast RCC bridge slab for spans from 0.5m to 5.0m to MBG loading 1987. Manual for inspection and maintenance of concrete bridges. Design of 6.1m Precast Precost prestressed Concrete slab to MBG loading 1987. ( Pre- Tensioned type ) Welded Plate Girders to MBG loading 1987 Guard rails on approaches of major bridges. Derailment loads. Dispersion of surcharge load below formation level for design of abutments. Review of action taken on pending items of earlier BSC meetings.
Sixty-fifth Meeting -February,1989

770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 Design of 30.5m post tensioned PSC girder to MBG loading 1987 Design of welded plate girders with welded intermediate stiffeners to MBG loading. Design of 18.3m composite welded girders for MBG Loading 1987. revision of clause 5.16 of IRS Bridge Sub structure Code. Provision of surface reinforcement in mass concrete/masonry substructures in seismic zone v. Acceptance levels for quality of welds for welded bridge girders. Fixing of danger levels of Railway Bridges. Speed restriction during jacketing of Arch bridges and substructures. Protective measures on Road Over Bridges and their approaches to prevent road vehicles falling on track. Elastomeric bearings for plate girders. Review of pending items of earlier BSC meetings.
Sixty-sixth Meeting -April, 1990

781 Standard drawings of precast RC Bridge Slabs of standard (0.61m to 6.10 m) and rationalised (0.5m to 5.0m) spans to MBG loading -1987.

782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 Informal-1 Standard drawings of precast RC Bridge Slabs of standard (0.61m to 6.10m) spans confirming to MMG Loading 1988. Standard drawings of Precast RC ballastless Bridge Slabs of spans 0.61m and 0.915m confirming to MBG Loading 1987 and MMG Loading -1988. Standard drawings of mass concrete gravity type piers of standard ( 6.1m to 30.5m) Spans to MBG Loading-1987. Standard drawings of mass concrete gravity type piers of standard (6.1m to 30.5m) spans to MMG Loading-1988. Standard design of 12.2m Prestressed Concrete (Post tensioned) I type girders to MBG loading-1987. Designs of 24.4m span Welded Plate girders to MBG Loading-1987. Design of 12.2m steel concrete composite welded girder to MBG loading 1987. Designs of 20.0m Span Welded Steel Concrete Composite girder to MBG Loading-1987. Combination of Longitudinal Forces (tractive and braking forces) and Seismic Forces. Amendment to para 5.0 "pipes" of table under sub clause 2.3.4.1 of Bridge Rules Regarding design live loads for pipe. Review of definition of important bridge as given in Engineering Code. amendment to clause 4.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to incorporate the use of admixtures in cement concrete for bridge works. Amendment to clause 6.6.4.8 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to specify permissible stress in prestressed concrete members while considering seismic forces. Use of Portland blast furnace slag cement. To consider survey and tabulation method for rating of masonry Arch bridges. Amendment to clause 5.10 and 6.0 of Bridge Substructure and Foundation Code regarding buoyancy and foundation design criteria. Inspection of welded bridge girders. Amendment to clauses 2.8 and 3.4 of Bridge Rules. Amendment to clause 6.9.2.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code. Review of action on pending items of earlier BSC meetings. To review report of committee on numerical rating of Bridge on Indian Railways.
Sixty-seventh Meeting -May, 1991

802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 Informal-1 Design of temporary arrangement for abutment permitting a speed of 30 kmph. Elastomeric bearings for welded plate girders. Design of 3.05m,3.66m and 4.57m precast pretensioned prestressed concrete bridge slabs to MBG Loading-1987. Standard design of 18.3m prestressed concrete ( post tensioned) I type girders to MBG Loading-1987. Design of 12.2m span welded plate girder to MMG Loading-1988 suitable for all seismic zones. Design of 18.3m span welded plate girder to MMG Loading -1988 suitable for all seismic zones. Trolley refuges over ballasted deck type bridges. Thickness of web in prestressed concrete post-tensioned girders. Water cement ratio in concrete for durability and workability. Provision of oil bath bearings for bridge girders. Review of action taken on pending items of earlier BSC meetings. Design of steel channel sleepers for bridges. Provisional drawings of mass concrete abutments with M-15 grade of concrete of standard spans 6.1m to 30.5m to MBG Loading -1987. Quality of paints for painting of bridge girders.

Sixty-eighth Meeting - December, 1994
815 MG-BG Conversion - Modification to MGML open web girders for BG loading comprising of single/coupled WDM2 Locomotive with trailing load of BOXN wagons (7.59t/m) for a speed of 100 kmph utilizing released MGML open web girders of spans 30.5m and 45.7m. Use of released MGML Plate girders for BG Conversion. Design of Steel Passenger Platform Shelter for BG Way Side Stations. Modifications of provision of IRS Steel Bridge Code regarding intermediate Stiffeners, Horizontal Stiffeners and Load Bearing Stiffeners. Design of RC ballastless slabs up to 3.85m span for MBG-1987. Design of M-20 grade mass concrete piers of standard spans 6.1m to 30.5m and 30.5m to 76.2m conforming to MBG Loading -1987. Design of M-20 grade mass concrete abutments of standard spans 6.1m to 30.5m and 30.5m to 75.2m conforming to MBG loading-1987. Design of 3.66m, 4.57m, and 6.1m precast prestressed concrete bridge slabs to MBG Loading-1987 suitable for gauge conversion with/without precast RCC bed block to be used in case of multiple spans. Design of RCC passenger platform shelter 9.45m wide. Design of RCC/PSC passenger platform shelter 10.67m wide with provision utilisation of space on first floor. Review of action taken on pending items of earlier BSC meetings. Provision of weep holes in earth retaining structure and RCC box culverts. Minimum grade of RCC and CC for construction. Slope Protection for Guide Bund on rear site and approach embankment.
816 817 818 819 820 821 822
823 824 825 Informal-1 Informal-2 Informal-3
Extra-Ordinary Meeting - Nov. 1996

826 To consider 2nd Revision of IRS Code of Practice for Plain Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete for General Bridge Construction (Concrete Bridge Code).
Sixty-ninth Meeting - January, 1998

827 828 To examine the design of approach slab to MBG loading prepared by RDSO as per Drawing No. RDSO/B-1790&1791 and to make recommendations. T consider the speed restrictions followed by different Zonal Railways on temporary arrangements with CC Cribs and formulate guidelines for adoption of uniform speed restriction on Indian Railways and to make recommendations. To consider the design of 45.1m Post- tensioned PSC girder and to make recommendations. To consider following modifications (I) Reduction in number of type of sleepers and change in fixing arrangement of hook bolt. (ii) Use of thicker elastomeric pad.(iii) Use of ERC of limited toe load. To review the provision of clause 5.4 (c) of IRS Sub structure and foundation code1985 regarding dynamic augment for RCC/ Steel Substructure. To examine the need for revision of IRS specification for febrication and erection of steel girder (B1-79) and to nominate a sub committee for its revision. To examine the need for revision of IRS Welded Bridge Code and to nominate a sub committee for prepration of revised specification. To review the action taken on Railway Boards orders on various pending items of BSC and to make recommendations. To consider that all the members of existing Bridges should be checked for 4 million cycles additional clause to be added to existing clause 3.6.5 of Steel Bridge Code. To consider the need to have girder bridges with ballasted PSC deck on Indian
829 830 831 832 833 834 835 Informal-1

Informal-2 Railways. To consider the provisions laid down for Risk Coefficient in IS:875 (Part-3)-1987 and make recommendations to formulate the uniform values of Risk Coefficient for design of high rise hoarding along the Railway track on Indian Railways. To consider the loss of camber and corresponding speed restriction to be imposed on existing bridges.
Informal-3
Seventieth Meeting - January, 1999

836 837 Modification to bridges for MBG suitability-provision of additional holding down bolts. Revision of clause 5.16 of IRS Bridge sub-structure and Foundation code for checking suitability of foundation of existing bridges for introduction of New rolling stock/locomotives etc. Live load due to working of Plasser's Quick Relay System (PQRS) on PSC/RCC slab/girder bridges Revision of clause No.4.3 of IRS Bridge Substructure and Foundation code regarding estimation of design discharge. Use of M.S. plates at panel points of CC Cribs used for temporary arrangement. Amendment to Clauses 4.6.1, 4.6.2.1, and 16.8.2.2 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code (2nd Revision 1996)-Provision of low relaxation prestressing steel strands. Design of M20 grade Mass concrete stepped piers of standard spans 6.1 m to 76.2 m conforming to MBG Loading-1987 suitable for Zone I to III. Design of 30.5m span Welded open web girder (through type) to MBG Loading. Design of M20 grade mass concrete stepped piers of standard spans 6.1 m to 30.5 m conforming to MBG Loading-1987 for seismic Zone IV & V. Loading standard for Gauge conversion routes. Dynamic load testing of PSC/RCC Railway Bridge Girders. Review of action taken on pending items Use of Ready Mix Concrete in Engg.Works Heavy Mineral Loading-1995
838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 Informal-1 Informal-2
Fourteenth Extra-Ordinary Meeting - June 1999

848 Report on Durability of Concrete Structures
Seventy-First Meeting October, 1999

849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859* Use of Thermo-Mechanically Treated (TMT) bars in RCC works on Railways Design of 45.7m welded open web girder (through type) to HM loading. Design of 45.7m welded open web girder (through type) to HM loading-1995. Design of 45.7m welded open web girder (through type) to MBG loading. Design of sub-structure for 6.1m PSC deck slab conforming to HM loading-1995. Dynamic effect on ballasted deck bridges. Increase in allowable bearing pressure for checking suitability of foundation of old bridges. Fabrication of steel bridge girders by trade. Preparation of IRS codes for elastomeric, PTFE and Pot bearing for Railway bridges and to issue standard drawings. Defining temperature gradient across depth of girder. Review of action taken on pending items.
Fifteenth Extra-Ordinary Meeting February 2000

859* of 71st i) Item No. 832 of 69th BSC:

BSC Revision of IRS specification for fabrication and erection of steel (IRS:B1-79. ii) Item No. 833 of 69th BSC: Revision of IRS Welded Bridge Code. iii) Item No. 1 of 70the BSC: Guidelines on Use of Ready Mixed Concrete. Derailment Loads for HM Loading
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SeventySecond Meeting November, 2000

861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 Amendment to Clause 2.8 and 3.4 of Bridge Rules. Standard design of 6.1m Precast Prestressed Concrete (Pretensioned) Slab for Broad Gauge to HM loading. Pipe line crossing under the Railway track. Standard design of 12.2m PSC (Post tensioned) girders to HM loading. Review of action taken on pending items. Load combination for design of sub-structure Standard design of 18.3m PSC (Post tensioned) girders to HM loading. Velocity of water current to be considered in design of pier. Procedure for enlisting of firms for manufacture of pot bearings and expansion joint from trade. Design of 24.4m span welded plate girder to HM loading. Standard design of 24.4m span post tensioned PSC Box girder to MBG loading1987. Review of manual on design and construction of well and pile foundation. Design of waterway for bridge.
Seventy Third Meeting December, 2001

874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 Design of Pot-PTFE bearing for open web girders to MBG and HM Loading. Provision of Freeboard in Siphon bridge. Modification in RDSOs standard drawings of PSC slabs to reduce the weight of central slab bridges. Design criteria for buried abutment. Minimum depth of open (shallow) foundation differences in IRBM & IRS Design Codes. Permissible tensile stress in concrete in bending. Review of action taken on pending items. Use of corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) sheathing in areas of aggressive environment. Consideration of forces in substructure due to frictional resistance in case of slabs (without bearing). Revision of seismic forces for design of Railway bridges. Depth of scour in clearey soil. Bearings for prestressed concrete girder bridges.
Seventy Fourth Meeting December, 2001

886 887 888 889 890 Review of clause 5.16.2 of IRS Bridge Sub-structures & Foundation Code. Standard design of 9.15m Precast Prestressed Concrete (Pretensioned) slab for Broad Gauge to MBG loading. Design of 61.0m & 76.2m span welded open web girder (Through Type) to MBG Loading. Design of 30.5m and 61m span welded open web girder (Through Type) to H.M. Loading. Reclassification of distressed bridges.

891 892 893 894 Provision of uniform top flange width in RDSO standard welded plate girders for provision of steel channel sleepers. Provision of surface reinforcement in plain cement concrete piers and abutments. Modification in splice joints of 18.3m and 24.4m spans of RDSO standard welded plate girders for provision of steel channel sleepers without using pad plates. (i) Minimum vertical clearance inside PSC box girder (ii) Gaps between ballast wall and girder end at abutments and between end of girders at piers (iii) Size of opening in diaphragms of PSC box girder Integrity testing of substructures. Review of action taken on pending items. Reduction in waterway during strengthening of bridges by RCC jacketing. Design of new bridges for LWR/CWR forces.
895 896 897 898
Extra-Ordinary Meetings
First Extra Ordinary Meeting - November 1957 Subject discussed IS Code of Practice for the use of structural steel in general building construction - adoption in suppression of IRS Steel Structures Code. 2 IS Code of Practice for structural safety of buildings: loading standards -adoption of . 3 IS Code of Practice for design of steel bridges carrying rail, road or pedestrian traffic - adoption of . 4 Criteria for design of prestressed concrete bridges and structures .(IRS Reinforced Concrete Code). Second Extra Ordinary Meeting - November, 1960 1 IS Code of Practice for Steel Bridges with modifications where necessary for use on railways. 2 Revised IRS Steel Bridge Code. Third Extra Ordinary Meeting - December, 1961 1 IRS Code of Practice for concrete bridges (Draft). 2 Welding of rail joints on girder bridges. 3 IRS Pier and Abutment Code (Revised as Bridge Substructure Code). Fourth Extra Ordinary Meeting - October, 1962 1 IRS Bridge Substructure Code (Draft ) 2 Welded rails on girder bridges. 3 Revision of clause 6 (e) of Bridges Rules and clause 21 of Rail-cum-Road Bridge Code regarding class AA Loading. Fifth Extra Ordinary Meeting - November, 1966 1/ 527 Guard rails on girder Bridges. 2/ 532 Longitudinal forces : effect of diesel /electric traction on substructure of bridgesB.G. Sixth Extra Ordinary Meeting - June, 1970 574 Revision of IRS Draft Welded Bridge Code. Seventh Extra Ordinary Meeting - January, 1971 574 IRS Steel Welded Bridge Code Eighth Extra Ordinary Meeting - April, 1974 618 Standard of loading BG 619 Test and Rating of masonry Arch bridge. Item No 1

Ninth Extra Ordinary Meeting - November, 1977 661 (1) Draft specifications for fabrication and erection of steel work for Microwave Towers self-supporting type (2) Draft manual of Instructions for maintenance of steel work of Microwave Tower self supporting type. 662 IRS Code of Practice for design of substructure of bridges (Bridge Substructure Code) Tenth Extra Ordinary Meeting - November, 1978 662 Revised IRS Substructure Code. Eleventh Extra Ordinary Meeting - Jan ./Feb., 1980 689 Review of longitudinal forces Twelfth Extra Ordinary Meeting - Feb., 1981 706 Revision of clauses on impact of IRS Bridge Rules. Thirteenth Extra Ordinary Meeting -Dec. 1981 723 Standard of loading MGML (revised) 724 Manual of instruction for Railway affecting work. Fourteenth Extra Ordinary Meeting - Nov. 1996 826 To consider 2nd Revision of IRS Code of Practice for Plain Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete for General Bridge Construction (Concrete Bridge Code). Fifteenth Extra Ordinary Meeting - June. 1999 848 Report on Durability of Concrete Structures
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects A Abutment and Pier, Design of Design of Foundations for Longitudinal Forces Measurement of Scour Abutment and Wing Walls of Girder Bridges Abutment for 40 ft Span, BGML and MGML Design of Surcharge Due to Highway Loads Weep Holes Action Taken on the Railway Board's Orders on Various Pending Items of Bridge & Structures Standards Committee. Acceptance Levels for Quality of Welds for Welded Bridge Girders Action Taken on the Railway Board's Order on Various Pending Items of the Bridge and Structures Standards Committee and to Make Recommendations Alternating Stresses Aluminum Alloy Emergency Plate Girder, Design of Corrugated Roofing Sheets, Advantages of Rail Road Bridges Amendment to Clause 2.3.4 of IRS Bridge Rules Clauses Relating to Use of HSFG Bolts in Towers Clause 3.4 of IRS Bridge Rules Criteria for Structural Design of M.W. towers Clause 2.8 of IRS Bridge Rules for Incorporating Consideration of Two & Three Spans Loaded Conditions for Checking the Stability of Piers and Abutments Having Roller/Rocker and Sliding Bearing. Amendment to clauses 4.6.1, 4.6.2.1 and 16.822 of IRS concrete Bridge code provision of low relaxation prestrassing steel stands Clause 6.19.3 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code Regarding Distribution, Temperature and Shrinkage Reinforcement. Clauses Relating to Use of HSFG Bolts in towers, Amendment to. Criteria for Structural Design of Microwave Antenna towers Self Supporting Type. Clause 6.6.4.10, 6.17 and 6.19.4 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code- Provision of Shear Reinforcement. Distribution of Longitudinal forces to Various Component of Bridge Sub-Structures and to Make Recommendations, Amendment to. Clause 4.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to Incorporate the Use of Admixture in Cement Concrete for Bridge Works and to make Recommendations, Amendment to. Clause 6.6.4.9 and 6.15.7 of IRS Concrete Bridge Bsc Ref 19 20 17 14 59 4 37 35 47 61 65 62 24 56 36 29 60 60 60 60 61 Item No. 168 180 136 101 691 23 399 365 542 740 775 749 229 646 370 283 720 718 721 716 724
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Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Code to Incorporate the Effects of Differential Shrinkage Between Precast Unit and in - Situ Concrete in the Case of Prestressed Concrete Composite Construction and to make Recommendations, Amendment to. Clause 4.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to Incorporate the Use of Admixtures in Cement Concrete for Bridge Works. Clause 5.10 and 6.0 of Bridge Substructure and Foundation Code Regarding Buoyancy and Foundation Design Criteria, Amendment to.. Clause 6.6.4.8 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code to specify Permissible Stress in Prestressed Concrete Members While Considering Seismic forces, Amendment to. Clause 6.9.2.5 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code , Amendment to. Clauses 2.8 and 3.4 of Bridge Rules , Amendment to. Para 5.0 "Pipes" of Table Under Sub Clause 2.3.4.1 of Bridge Rules Regarding Design Live Loads for Pipe. Angle of Repose ARC Welding Code For Bridge Strengthening Applications of Of Riveted Joints, Experimental Work On Structural Members Arch Bridge and RC Box Culverts, Design of Arch Bridge Code, Ascertaining the Strength of Existing Bridges Design of Return and Wing Walls Earth Pressure Loads and Stresses in Arches Overstress Permissible Overstress Revision of Working Stresses Arch Bridge Design Aspects for Arch Bridge Keys At the Crown ARCH Bridge Masonry, Design of Design of Design of Designs, BG, MG Jacketting of Rules for Small Spans Impact Factor Testing and Rating of Testing and Rating of Arch Bridge Plain Concrete, 30 Ft, Design of Reinforced Concrete, Standard Drawings for Testing and Rating of Standardisation of Procedure Economy of Design In Asbestos Cement Gutters, Trial Reports B Back Fill Relief in Pressure Due to Non Cohesive Wedge Bsc Ref Item No.
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Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Ballast Walls and Run off Frames for Girder Bridges Battened Struts, Design of Bearing Elastomeric for 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5 MBG Plate Girders Evolution, of a Suitable Type of Bearing for PSC Girders Expansion, for Lattice Girder Bridges Expansion, Frictional Resistance of For Prestressed Concrete Girder of PSC Girder, Greasing of Oil Bath For Bridge Girders Provision of Periodical Lubrication of Phosphor Bronze, Greasing of Bearing, Plates on Bridge Girders Plates on Bridge Girder Pressure on Piles, Method of Derivation PTFE Designs for Field Trials Rocker, Expansion, for Lattice Girder Bridge, Modified Replacement of, with Roller Type for 150 ft Girder MGML Roller/ Rocker for 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5 MBG Plate Girders Stiffeners Stresses in Plate Girder Rivets Stresses in Plate Girder Rivets, Increase of Tolerances for Roller and Knuckle Bed Block, RCC, Precast with Resin Bonding Use of Rational Method of Design Rational Method of Design Replacement of Replacement of Replacement of Use Of Rapid Hardening Cement for Replacement Of Bending Stresses, Revision of Blast Furnace Slag Cement, Use Of Bolts, High Strength, Friction Grip Bolts, HSFG for Bridge Girders Bond Stressed With Deformed Bars Box Culverts, Advantages of RCC Drawings of Drawings of Foundations for Review of Ban on Construction of Box Girders PSC, 18.3m RBG Brahmaputra Bridge, Deformation Stress Braking and Tractive Forces, Reduction of Bridge and Structural Design Hand Book, Compilation of Using High Tensile Steel, Code for Members, Metallizing of Metallizing of Bridge and Structure, Seismic Forces For Design of Bridge and Track, Effect of Specific Engines Bridge and Tunnel, Criteria For Classification Bridge Approaches Provision of Relief Slabs Bsc Ref 3 27 59 55 19 51 43 55 52 22 49 49 50 33 55 18 40 59 4 7 10 11 53 30 31 44 46 49 41 18 44 51 59 58 30 21 20 23 42 55 59 47 10 38 18 30 32 50 13 56 56 Item No. 18 264 700 641 167 587 484 641 597 204 553 560 569 347 631 143 442 699 25 41 60 74 602 304 312 498 529 554 450 152 493 589 701 678 297 191 182 216 464 638 695 528 60 409 140 301 340 573 92 650 657

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Bridge Arch Masonry Testing and Rating of Bridge Deck Type Lateral Forces Bridge Design and Constrution Technology on Indian Railways Bridge Design for Seismic Forces Bridge Erection, Specification Bridge Fitting Guard Angles or Rails Bridge Girder, Bearing Plates and Fastenings Effect of Rolling Tolerances in Design of Incidence of Stresses Under Lateral Wind Loads Manufacture, Specification of Permissible Shear Stress in Web Plates and Rivets Specification for Erection, Revision of Specification for Manufacture, Revision of Bridge Highway, Loading of Bridge Impact Allowance for Short Spans Bridge Inspection and Test Rules, Modifications to Bridge Laying of Uncanted Rails and Sleepers Bridge Loading, Suitability of Standards Bridge Longitudinal Force on Bridge Lurching of Locomotives on Experimental Evidence Bridge Maintenance Study Group, First Report of Bridge Multiple Track, Racking Forces For Racking Forces Bridge Rules AA Class Loading, Revision of Alteration Amendment to Clause 2.3.4. Bridge, Rules, Amendment to Clause 3.4 Bearing and Tractive Forces Bearing Stress in Rivets of Plate Girders Bending Stresses Combined and Working Stresses Deflection Formula for Bridge Girders Design Load for Lateral Bracings Dia of Rollers Distribution of Lateral and Longitudinal Loads Effective Length of Secondary Members Effective Spans, Effective Lengths, Web Stiffeners Revision Exposed Area Of Lattice Girders Ferro Concrete Bridges Ferro Concrete Bridges Formula For Impact on Trough Flooring of Steel Sleepers Girder Area for Calculating Wind Loads, Revision of Horizontal Earth Pressure and Surcharge Effect Impact Impact Allowance on Existing Open Web Girder Bridges Impact Effect Impact Factor for Members of Triangulated Girders Lateral Loads other than Wind Loads Live Load Loading on Roadway and Footpath Loads, Forces Revision of Bsc Ref E08 25 63 47 8 29 50 47 30 12 32 11 11 5 11 15 28 5 E11 12 59 41 29 13 E04 1 60 60 10 10 18 13 20 17 19 21 19 20 31 14 15 24 30 15 21 21 17 31 22 48 42 20 Item No. 619 237 Informal Item -4 523 51 290 569 539 306 81 331 67 77 30 76 110 275 31 689 86 696 443 285 96 003 11 720 721 60 60 152 96 173 123 160 188 159 172 310 97 103 221 305 108 185 183 130 307 199 550 463 174

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Longitudinal Distribution of Railway Loads on Arches Longitudinal Forces Longitudinal Loads Longitudinal Loads Longitudinal Loads for Road Bridges Maximum Pitch of Rivet Permissible Stresses in Compression Flanges Pipe Culverts, Arches, Slabs and Girders Point of Application of Centrifugal Forces for MG Stock Racking Forces RCC Bridges Relief Of Stresses Revision Revision of Clause 2.9 with Regard to Raking Forces Revision of Clauses on Impact Road Rail Bridge Code, Additions and Alterations Roadway and Footpath Load and Impact Allowances Road way Loads Roadway Loads, Weight and Dimensions Seismic Allowance Seismic Forces Standards of Loading for Narrow Gauge Standards of Loading for NG Steam Effect on Girders Stiffeners Over Bearings Tractive and Braking Forces Wind and other Lateral Loads Wind Load on Train Wind Loads Wind Load, Revision of Wind Pressure Effect Working Stresses in Wrought Iron Bridge Seismic and Longitudinal Forces Bridge Slabs 12 Ft, BGML Design of And T Beams, Precast RCC, End Beams of Design of Precast 4.0m and 5.0 m RBG Using Deformed Bars RCC 0.5m To 5.0m Spans are BG Using HSD Bars Bridge Sleepers Bridge Sleepers Bridge Sleepers, Glued Bridge Statement Periodicity of Bridge Strengthening, Arc Welding Bridge Structure, Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridge Substructure Code, Adoption of Angle of Repose Application of Load on Bridge Masonry Butt Joints Butt Joints Clearance Conditions of Stability Design of Substructures in Steel Earth Pressure Earth Pressure on Abutments Earth Pressure on Abutments Bsc Ref 30 46 21 39 31 13 10 31 47 28 10 3 44 60 E12 30 42 4 3 41 58 33 29 38 4 4 37 24 27 31 24 19 44 38 47 37 58 59 47 53 55 7 7 45 16 34 22 26 25 51 40 44 54 33 51 Item No. 296 525 187 418 322 90 60 308 526 276 60 13 486 713 706 293 463 29 14 445 684 348 286 408 25 24 397 228 267 309 231 148 492 415 543 389 681 693 546 610 632 46 42 503 120 353 200 251 238 586 435 490 623 346 580

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Impact Forces Longitudinal Loads Modification to Permissible Overstress Revision of Revision of Revision 1980 Stresses Due to Bearing Resistance Surcharge for Design of Abutments Tractive Effort and Braking Force Water and Wind Pressures Water Pressure on Piers Water Pressure on Piers Working Stresses Bridge System for Inspection Bridge Timbers Spacing at Rail Joints Rail Joints Bridge Traveling Cranes,General Requirements Stadardization of Bridge Use of Deformed Bars of High Strength Bridge Wind Pressure Effect During Eraction BSC Items, Review of Buoyancy, Ignoring of, For Pressure on Base of Well C Camber in Floor System of Triangulated Girders Girders Revision in Steel Bridge Code Under Dead Load in Open Web Girders Canal Crossing Construction Using Precast Concrete Elements Cast Iron, Rubber And Plasco Sleeper Pad Plates Cement, Blast Furnace Slag , Use of Portland Pozzolana to IS: 1489, 1967 Portland Pozzolana, Use in Bridge Works Rapid Hardening for Replacement of Existing Bed Blocks Centre of bearings, centre of piers, overall lengths of the nationalised standards spans. Rapid Hardening , Use of Centrifugal Forces , Point of Application for Mg Stock Checking of all the members of existing bridges for 4 million cycles. Chemical Composition for Class II Steel Specification M5 Christchurch Cribs Clear Span of Bridges, Rationalisation of Code For Reinforced Concrete Construction Revision of Code For Work in Compressed Air Column Base for Platform Shelters, Design of Column, Concrete, Subjected to Axiala and Bendings Stresses Transverse Reinforcement Combination forces (tractive and braking forces) and seismic forces Combined Rail Road Bridges, Code for Rail Road Bridges, Code for Composite Girder 12.2m BGML, Design of Bsc Ref 50 51 20 57 53 E04 E10 41 35 57 41 36 37 51 55 49 53 53 43 53 55 60 26 Item No. 567 581 179 676 606 001 662 449 365 668 448 383 388 553 636 558 616 612 485 603 637 722 250
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256 313 230 572 655 166 493 622 674 450 736 607 526 835 446 614 688 201 287 613 680 640 790 253 258 482

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects 12.2m BGML, Utilising MGML Plate Girders 18.3m RBG , Design of 18.3m RBG, With Restricted Depth Composite Girder Design of For 18.3m, Design of RCC and Steel 12.2m BGML RCC and Steel 12.2m BGML Composite Open Web Girder RCC and Steel 30.5m BGML Composite Slab , Design of Design of For Road Over Bridge, Design of Road Over Bridges Wafer Type, 10.2m, Design of Wafer Type, Design of Wafer Type, Design of Composite Sleeper Built Out of Ordinary Track Sleepers Design of Composite Spans, Obtained From Australia Compression Chords of Flanges , Effective Length of Compression Members of Rigid Frames, Effective Length and Stresses Compression Reinforcement, Spacing of Anchorage Spacing of Anchorage Concrete Bridge Code, Anchorage Spacing for Compression Reinforcement Anchorage Spacing for Compression Reinforcement Columns Subjected to Axial and Bending Stresses Design Of PSC Structures Expression for Lever Arm Inclusion of 2 Inch Size Aggregate Period of Striking of Shuttering Permissible Bond Stress with Deformed Bars Permissible Stresses in Columns Prestressed Concrete Construction Proof Stress Proportioning of Mix and Permissible Stresses Punching Shear Values Reinforcement in Columns Revision of Revision of Revision of Appendix G Revision to Permit Use of Pozzolana Cement Torsion Torsion Transverse Reinforcement in Columns Use of Portland Pozzolana Cement Working Stresses Working Stresses in Reinforcement Computation of secondary stresses in open web girders Concrete Cylinder, Strength Requirement Introduction of Concrete Pipe for Railway Culverts Concrete Slabs, Design of Concrete Structure, Tensile Stress at Construction Joint Concrete Vibrated, Permissible Stresses in Bsc Ref 54 58 57 53 58 46 48 46 42 44 45 58 43 42 44 39 58 27 35 36 25 26 25 26 58 E01 25 41 31 58 31 36 53 32 34 51 22 E03 59 57 32 33 55 57 40 35 61 17 39 14 16 45 32 Item No. 626 682 670 605 682 530 548 531 469 495 508 686 483 469 495 420 686 263 368 379 236 254 236 254 680 004 235 451 324 678 321 374 608 325 359 582 201 001 690 674 326 345 640 674 438 369 733 129 420 98 119 512 327

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Mass Concrete, Permissible Tensile Stress Conversion of Important Bridge Dimensions into Metric Units Corrosion, Metallizing Process to Protect Steel From Crack Width in RCC Structures, Limits of Cranes, Bridge Traveling, General Requirements Gantries and Runways, Dynamic Effects on Traveling, Standardisation Of Creep of Girders on Pier, Horizontal Forces due to Criteria for Checking Existing Bridge Substructure for Wider Gauge Criteria for Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridges & Structures Culverts Funicular Under High Fills RCC Pipes, Cover in Cylinder Strength of Concrete D Deck Width for Prestrssed Concrete Girder Defining temperature gradient across depth of girder. Deflection Formula for Bridge Girders Deflection in Shallow Plate Girders Deflection Limit of, for Foot Over Bridges Deflection Static, Permissible Values for PC Girders Deflection Tests on New Spans Deformation Stress in Brahmaputra Bridge Deformed Bars, High Strength, Use in Railway Bridges Increase in Permissible Stress in Bridges Permissible Stresses Use in Structures Depth/ Span Ratio for Steel Girders Design and Construction of RCC Slabs RCC Slabs Design and drawing of open web girder bridges with ballasted PSC deck. Design and Fabrication of Prestresed Girder 60 ft & 100 Ft, BGML Design Aspect for Arch Bridges Design Criteria for Load Bearing Stiffeners for Solid Web Girders Self Supporting Microwave Towers Design Elastomeric Bearings , 12.2, 18.3,24.4,30.5m BG Plate Girders Design of 45.1m post tensioned PSC girder to MBG loadinig. Design of 30.5m span Welded open web girder (through type) to MBG Loading. Design of 45.7m Welded open web girder (through type) to HM Loading Design of 45.7m Welded open web girder (through type) to MBG Loading Design Of 100Ft BGML Underslung Girder 100 ft Girder BGML With Welded Floor System 100 ft Underslung Girder MGML 100m Tower to RDSO /B789 and 786, Modifications Bsc Ref 50 38 55 58 53 17 43 29 59 41 42 32 17 53 71 20 45 51 40 7 47 53 55 57 49 33 6 7 69 Item No. 566 410 635 679 612 124 485 282 704 452 468 335 129 604 858 173 501 588 429 48 528 603 639 675 559 342 37 47 Informal Item -1
30 29 55 56 59 69 70 71 71 39 39 40 56
302 278 633 660 700 829 843 850 852 427 423 441 648

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects To 12.2m And 18.3m , Plate Girders BGML 12.2m BGML Plate Girders with Weathering Steel 12.2m Composite Girder BGML !2.2m, 40 ft and 18.3m, 60 ft, Plate Girders BGML 150 ft Girder, MGML 15ft Precast RCC Slabs, Alternative 18.3m BGML Pier and Abutment 18.3m Span PSC Box Girders RBG Loading 24.4m and 30.5m Welded Plate Girders, RBG 250mm Dia RCC Pipes 30.5m 12.2 and 9.15m MGML Riveted, Plate Girders 30.5m BGML Underslung Girders 30.5m MGML Underslung Girders 6.1m BGML Welded Plate Girders 6.1m MGML Welded Plate Girders 61m BGML Through Girder 7.5m Span PSC Slab, RBG Loading 76.2m 257Ft, Open Web Girder BGML 76.2m BGML, Open Web Girders 76.2m BGML, Open Web Girders 80 ft Plate Girders 91.4 M BGML Through Girder Abutments 40 ft Span, BGML and MGML Abutments and Piers of Girder Bridges, Ballastless RCC Slabs 0.51,0.763 and 0.915 Spans BGML. Ballastless RCC Slabs 0.61, 0.915m Spans Bridge Slab 12 Ft, BGML, Alternative Column Base for Platform Shelter Composite Girder 12.2m, Utilising MGML Plate Girders Composite Girder 18.3m RBG Composite Girder 18.3m RBG Composite Girder 9.2m RBG Elastomeric Bearing 12.2m, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5m BG Plate Girders Emergency Girder, 18.3m BGML Emergency Girder, 30.5m BGML , Open Web Girder 150 ft BGML Girder 200 ft BGML Girder 200 ft BGML Girder Open Web 91.4m BGML Goods Shed 30 ft & 40 Ft Lattice Girder 100 ft and Over, BG, MG Proposal Of Approach Slabs for adoption on the Indian Railways Precast Prestressed (PRE -Tensioned Tyype) I- Girder for 10m (Drg no. RDSO/B -1442) and Box Girder for 15m (Drg no. RDSO/B -1443) Spans Suitabe for RBG Standard of Loading. 30m Span Standard through Girder for Adoption on Indian Railways and to make Recommendations. 12.2m Span Welded Plate Girder to MMG Loading 1988 Suitable for All seismic Zones 12.2m Steel Concrete Composite Welded Girder to MBG Loading 1987. Bsc Ref 41 52 43 41 39 42 42 59 59 52 46 45 46 46 46 43 59 41 41 42 39 43 37 20 51 50 38 53 54 57 58 55 59 45 46 33 38 38 44 28 15 61 61 Item No. 460 596 482 460 424 470 472 695 698 600 574 504 515 516 517 481 694 460 459 473 426 480 399 180 576 564 415 613 626 670 682 642 700 505 518 349 412 413 494 269 102 734 735
62 67 66
741 806 788

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects 18.3m Composite Welded Girders for MBG Loading 1987 18.3m Span Welded Plate Girder to MMG Loading 1988 Suitable for all Seismic Zones. 3.05m, 3.66m and 4.57m Precast pretensioned Prestressed Bridge Slabs to MBG Loading 1987. 3.66m, 4.57m and 6.1m and 6.1m Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge Slabs to MBG Loading 1987 Suitable for Gauge Conversion with /without Precast RCC Bed Block to be used in Case of Multiple Spans. 30.5m Post Tensioned PSC Girder to MBG Loading 1987. M-20 Grade Mass Concrete Abutments of Standard Design of Spans 6.1m to 30.5m and 30.5m to 75.2m Conforming to MBG Loading 1987. M-20 Grade Mass Concretepiers of Standard Spans Design of 6.1m to 30.5m and 30.5m to 75.2m Conforming to MBG Loading 1987. Design of M-20 grade Mass concrete stepped piers of standard spans 6.1m to 76.2m conforming to MBG loading (zone Ito III) Design of M-20 grade Mass concrete stepped piers of standard spans 6.1m to 30.5m conforming to MBG loading (zone IV&V) Precast RCC Bridge Slab for Spans from 0.5m to 5.0m to MBG Loading 1987. RC Ballastless Slabs up to 13.5m Span for MBG -1987 RCC Passanger Platform Sheltar 9.45 m Wide RCC/ PSC Passanger Platform Sheltar 10.67m Wide with Provision utilisation of Space on First Floor Steel channel Sleepers for Bridges Steel Passanger Platform Sheltar for BG Way Side Stations. Design of Sub Structure for 45.7 m open web Girder conforming to HM Loading. Design of Sub Structure for 6.1m PSC Deck Slab conforming to HM Loading. Temporary Arrangement for Abutment Permitting a Speed of 30 Kmph Welded Plate Girders with welded Intermediate stiffeners to MBG Loading 20.0m span welded stencete coming 1987 24.4m Span Welded Steel Concrete Composite Mbg Loading !987. Dispersion of Surcharge Loads Below Formation Level for Design of Abutments Design of bridge approach slab. Design Of Limit State Loco Sheds MW Towers with three Antenna/ Reflectors, RDSO Design Criteria 1977. Open Web Girder 155ft, BGML Open Web Girder 155ft, BGML With Open Deck Open Web Girders 89.05m And 93.1m, RBG Bsc Ref 65 67 67 68 Item No. 772 807 804 822
64 68
770 821
68 70
820 842
70
844
64 68 68 68 67 68 71 71 67 65 66 66 64 69 60 38 59 26 28 59
762 819 823 824 813 817 851 853 802 771 789 787 768 827 714 411 702 248 271 697

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Pier and Abutment for 18.3m BGML Plain Concrete Arch Bridge 30 ft Span, Plate Girder, 31.9m , BGML Plate Girder, 40 ft BGML With Steel Trough Sleepers Plate Girders Upto 80 Ft, Main Features Plate Girders, 100 ft & 80 Ft, with High Tensile Steel Platform Shelters, Coefficient of Wind Force Precast PSC Pretension Type I Girder for Rationalised Spans Precast RCC T Girders 5 & 7.5m Spans to RBG Standard Prestressed Concrete Bridge Slab of 5 M Span PSC Box Girders 9.15m and 12.2m RBG PSC Girders, 40 ft & 60 Ft, MGML PSC Slabs 3.0m and 4.6m RBG Railway Bridges, Seismic Force to be Considered RCC Box Culverts 10 X 12 Ft RCC Over Head Tanks with Capacity, 50, 100 & 250 Kilo Liters RCC Slabs 0.5m to 5.0m Spans, RBG, with HSD Bars RCC Slabs 4.0 & 5.0 M Spans, RBG, with Deformed Bars RCC Tank, 5000 Gallons Riveted & Welded Plate Girders 10, 15 & 20 M Span RBG Standard Roller & Rocker Bearing 18.3m Composite Girder, RBG Standard Roller/ Rocker Bearings 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30,5m BG Plate Girders Through Type Spans 150 Ft, 300 Ft, BGML Turntable Flexible Type, 75 Ft Turntable MG, BG, 22.86m Dia, 3 Point Support Under Slung Girder 200 ft BGML Welded Girder 18.3m Span Welded Girder 18.3m, Design Of Welded Turntable 22.76m Dia Design of M-20 grade Mass concrete Stepped piers of standards span 6.1 m to 76.2 m conforming to MBG loading (Zone I to III ) Design of M-20 grade Mass concrete Stepped piers of standards span 6.1 m to 30.5 m conforming to MBG loading (Zone IV to V ) Dimension of Standard Design of Masonry Bridge Foundation, Piers Dynamic augment effect on RCC/ Steel substructure. Dynamic effect on Ballasted Deck Bridges. Dynamic load testing of PSC/ RCC Railway Bridge Girders Duplicated Girder Standardisation Of Distressed bridges- loss of camber and corresponding speed restriction. Dynamic Augment on the Coupled Engines Effects on Crane Gantries and Runways On Crane Girders, Gantries & Runways Bsc Ref 41 37 42 24 3 26 53 60 60 60 58 29 57 59 30 60 59 58 39 60 60 59 24 31 52 38 53 58 53 70 Item No. 456 400 474 225 17 243 617 709 707 708 683 280 671 705 297 710 693 681 425 711 712 699 217 320 594 412 609 685 611 842
70 18 69 71 70 11 69 1 17 34
844 142 831 854 846 73 Informal Item -3 007 124 354

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Designs Prepared by RDSO for 15.0m Clear Span of Riveted Open Web Girder To RBG Standard of Loading Designs Prepared by RDSO for Christ Church Crib Type Testle to Permit Max. Non- Stop Speed of 30 KMPH Designs Prepared by RDSO for 75.0 m Clear Span of Riveted Open Web Girder To RBG Standard and to make Recommendatios. Durability of concrete structure E Earth Pressure on Abutments Wings and Returns Earthquake Resistance Buildings and Structures Code, Withdrawal of Bridge Structures Design of Bridge Structures Effect of Specific Engines on Bridges And Track Effective Length of Compression Chords of Flanges Secondary Members Effects of Diesel And Electric Traction on Bridge Substructures,BG Elastomeric Bearing, 12.2,18.3,24.4,30.5m BG Plate Girders Elastomeric bearing for plate girders Pads for Bearing Electric ARC Welding Code Electric ARC Welding Of Wrought Iron And Steel, Code of Practice of Emergency Plate Girder,RBG End Fillets Engines And Stock Sanction for the Running of Equipment for Quick Restoration of Traffic, Standardization of Equivalent Loading Erection of Bridge Girders,Specification for Specification for Erection of Girder Bridges Specification for Erection of Steel Structures, Specification for Specification for Erection Stresses in Lateral Bracings EUDL For Standards of Loading Existing Bridges of Wrought Iron and Early Steel, Test for Stresses F Fabrication and Erection of Steel Work of Microwave Towers Fabrication of Girders by Welding Fabrication of steel bridge girders by trade. Fabrication, Erection and Maintenance of Towers Fatigue Tests on Welded Plate Girders Features and Dimensions for Standards Bridge Designs Ferro Concrete Bridges, Special Rules for Special Rules for Fixing Rails to Steel trough Sleepers Fixing of danger levels of Railway Bridges Flame Cleaning Flexural Tensile Stresses in Mild , High Tensile Bsc Ref 61 61 62 E-15 Item No. 737 738 742 -
33 54 39 45 45 13 35 19 46 59 65 51 16 19 56 43 7 41 4 11 10 10 11 10 23 5 29
346 623 419 503 503 92 368 159 532 700 779 585 117 163 646 477 43 454 26 68 58 60 69 57 212 32 289
56 25 71 57 19 18 14 15 44 65 31 30
647 234 856 665 170 142 97 103 497 776 314 298

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Flood Lighting Towers General Arrangement and Details Fluctuations of Stress Foot Over Bridges, Deflection Limit Drawings of Drawings of Increase in Height to Suit 25KV AC Traction Prestressed Concrete Precast Welded, Rigid Frame Type Forces Longitudinal for Design of the Substructure of RCC Bridges On Bridges Seismic, For Design of Railway Bridges Foundation for RCC Box Culvert On Rock , Design of Stability of Wells Of Bridges ,Design of For Abutments and Piers Frictional Resistance of Expansion Bearings Funicular Culverts, Under High Fills, Design of G Girder 150 Ft, Interaction of Floor and Main Member, Relief of Stress Anchoring of on Gradients Girder Bridges, 200 ft BGML, Design of 200 ft MGML Design of 250 ft BGML Design of 250 ft MGML Design of Ballast Walls And Run of Rails Design of Abutment and Wing Wall Longitudinal Run of Frames at Approaches On Curves Super Elevation Open Web, Impact Allowances of Painting of Provision of Guard Rails Girder Bridges, Provision of Safety Refuges Super Elevation of Curves Use of Steel Sleepers Welded Rails on Welding of Rails Joints on Girder Composite, 12.2m BGML Design of 18.3m RBG 9.2m RBG Design of Design of Girder Continuous, 3x 60 ft Spans Girder Mild Steel, Over Stress in Open Web for BGML Utilising MGML Open Web Girders 155 ft Span, BGML, Design of 155 ft Span, BGML, Design of 155 ft with Open Deck Design of Girder Web 89.5m and 93.1m, RBG Rules for Prestressing Steel trough Flooring Bsc Ref 52 26 45 51 22 23 42 34 24 54 E11 59 42 50 19 23 17 51 42 Item No. 598 244 499 588 206 215 471 360 223 628 689 705 464 568 165 209 136 587 468
7 36 38 38 37 37 3 4 32 34 21 46 53 40 34 36 E04 44 43 57 55 53 37 24 52 25 26 28 59 43 27
44 385 412 413 401 402 18 23 330 356 183 524 615 430 356 384 002 488 482 670 642 605 403 219 593 240 248 271 697 478 261

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Through Type, 30.5 And 45.7m, RBG Standardisation of Girder Provision o f Oil Bath Bearings Girder PSC, Deck Width, Adequacy of Girder Shop Welding Parts And Secondary Members, Economics of Girder Spacing For MG Bridges Girder Specification For Manufacture, Revision of Grider Through Type 200 ft ,MGML And BGML, Drawing For 91.4m BGML, Design of Provision of Smoke Guards Girder Underslung, 200 Ft, BGML, Drawing For Design of Girder Welded , 18.3M BGML, Design of Girder Welding of Flange Plates Girder Workshops, Report Of Goods Shed, 30 ft And 40 Ft, Design of Butterfly Type, Roof of Design by Plastic Theory Drawing of Greasing of Bearing in PSC Bridges Phosphor Bronze Bearings Grouting of Ducts in PSC Construction In PSC Specification for Specification for PSC Girders, Specification for Guard Rails on Girder Bridges Guard Rails on Girder Bridges, Fixing of Guard Rails on Approaches of Meajor Bridges Guidelines for Checking up The Strength of Bridges For Running of 7500t. Fright Trains on Nominated Routes and to make Recommendations. Gutters, Asbestos Cement for Platform Shelters, Adoption of Trial Report H Handbook for Bridge and Structural Design, Compilation of Heavy Mineral Loading-1995 High Service Tanks, Design of High Tensile Steel for Bridge In Bridge and Structures High Way Bridges, Wind Pressure for Design of Holes for Turned Bolts, Underdrilling and Reaming Horizontal Earth Pressure and Surcharge Effect on Bridges Horizontal Forces, due To Creep of Girders on Piers HSFG Bolts for Bridge Girders Amendment to Clauses Relating to Use in Towers I Impact Effect of Locomotives Free from Reciprocating Parts Impact Factor Impact Factor for 22.5 Bogie Wagons Design of Stringers, Cross Girders Bsc Ref 57 52 53 18 40 17 10 36 43 55 38 45 53 36 3 28 48 46 22 55 49 54 52 48 45 53 29 64 62 Item No. 667 597 604 153 437 126 59 381 480 634 414 504 609 376 21 269 547 519 205 641 553 624 601 537 502 615 290 766 Informal Item-3
35 37
362 391
38 70 42 13 18 19 49 15 29 59 60
409 Informal item -2 475 93 140 161 555 108 282 701 718
19 1 42 37 21
171 009 463 395 193

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Design of Substructure of Slab Bridges Existing RCC Bridges, Reduction for Restricted Speed Masonry Piers and Trestles MG Bridges MG Bridges and Standard Skew Spans Multiple Track Railway Bridges, and Highway Bridges Narrow and Light Gauge Bridges Narrow Gauge Bridges Road and Foot Bridges Road and Road Rail Bridges Short SPANS Short SPANS Short SPANS Short SPANS Short SPANS Impact Factor for Short SPANS Short Spans, Reduction of Single Engine on Large Spans Small Span Masonry Arch Bridges Spandrel Filled Arches Spans With Ballasted Track Tests on Metre Gauge Girders Through Flooring or Steel Sleepers On Bridges WEB Members of Triangulated Girders Welded and Ordinary Rail Joints General Formula Impact of IRS Bridge Rules, Revision of Clauses Impact Tests On All Steel Track On Bridges Short SPANS Short SPANS Important, Bridges and Tunnels Criteria for Classification In depth Study of the Proiblems of Rebuilding of old Railway Bridges and to make recomendations In Depth Study of the Various International Codes Relating to Bridges and to make recomendations for Revision of Various IRS Codes, Wherver necessary Increase in allowable bearing pressure for checking suitability of foundation of old bridges. Inspection and Tests of Bridges, Modification to Rules for Inspection of Bridges Inspection of Welded Bridge Girders Interaction of Floor and Main Members of Truss Girders IRS Bridge Substructure Code, Draft IRS Pier and Abutment Code, Revision As Bridge Substructure Code IRS Steel Bridge Code, Amendments to IS Code for Structural Steel, Draft, Consideration of IS Code of Practice for Design of Steel Bridges, Adoption of Design of Steel Bridges, Modifications for Rly Structural Safety of Buildings, Adoption of J Jacketing of Weak Distressed Masonry Arch Bridges Jacking Arrangements, Provision in Plate Girders Joints, Expansion for Platform Roofs Bsc Ref 51 24 35 6 7 21 21 30 11 4 1 1 8 10 10 11 1 37 34 30 24 3 24 31 25 1 E12 20 3 9 56 62 62 Item No. 578 220 366 38 47 185 186 300 75 28 002 003 50 65 65 76 008 395 351 294 220 12 221 307 239 002 706 181 20 55 650 Informal Item-1 Informal Item-2
71 15 55 66 11 E04 E03 E07 37 E01 E02 E01 54 41 37
855 110 636 798 72 001 003 575 966 003 001 002 627 461 392

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Expansion in Platform Roofs Sleeper Spacings on Bridges K K Type WEB System for Truss Spans L Lateral and Portal bracing Shearing force for Design of Lateral bracing of Plate Girders Lateral forces in Deck Type Bridges Lattice Girder, 100 ft and Over, BG, MG, Design Proposals Bridge Modified Rocker Bearing Bridge, Expansion Bearings Exposed Areas Prestressing Lattice Truss Girder, BG & MG Limits State Design Liquid Retaining RC Structure Code, Withdrawal of Structures Code, Adoption of Structures Code, Adoption of Live Load and Impact on Combined Road Rail Bridges Live Load Distribution on Steel Troughing and RC Slabs Steel Troughing and RC Slabs Live Load and Longitudinal and Lateral Distribution Live Load MGML Standards Live load due to working of (PQRS) on PSC/RCC/slab/girder bridges Load Factor Loading and Impact Factor for Road Bridges and Rail Road Bridges Loading for Highway Bridges Road Way and Footpath Loading Standards for MG For MG Revision of Revision of Loading standard for Gauge conversion routes. Loads and Bridges, Distribution Loads, Arches, Longitudinal Distribution of Greater on Short Spans, Permitting of Lateral and Longitudinal Distribution of Loads, Longitudinal Distribution of , Revised formula Wind and Lateral Loco Sheds, Drawings Longitudinal Loads and Their Dispersion Distribution of Loads Loads, Revised formula for Forces Due to Diesel/Electric, Traction Effect For Narrow Gauge Railway Bridges Increase Due to Diesel and Electric Locos Of Bridges Bridge for Design of Piers and Abutment Substructures of RCC Slab Culverts Tests for Determination of Longitudinal Load Distribution in Slab Bridges For Road Bridges Bsc Ref 36 56 Item No. 382 649
17 24 12 25 15 18 19 31 19 17 60 51 27 28 30 6 7 45 52 70 40 4 5 42 7 6 E08 70 21 30 7 21 26 37 38 39 22 26 49 51 46 E11 14 37 11 46 31
131 231 85 237 102 143 167 310 155 132 714 584 260 273 292 36 47 513 599 838 431 28 30 463 47 39 618 845 188 296 41 188 249 397 411 418 199 249 552 591 525 689 101 393 78 522 322

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Revision of Run of f Frames At Approaches of Girder Bridges Lower Lateral bracing of Plate Girders, Experimental Evidence Lubrication of Bearings of Large Bridge Girders Lurching of Locomotives on Bridges M Manual for Inspection and Maintenance of Concrete Bridges. Manual of Instruction for Railway Affecting Works. Maintenance of Bridges and Structures, Study Group 1st Meet Report of Maintenance of Girders, Limits of Overstress During Jacking Maintenance Problems of Bridges and Structures Masonry Arch Bridge Designs,BG,MG Design of Design of Rules for Testing and Rating of Masonry Tensile Strength, Test for Measurement of Scour Around Bridge Piers and Abutments At Major Bridges, Para 1105 (B) of IRWW Manual Metallising Girders and Turntables With Sprayed Aluminium Process to Protect Steel From Corrosion Bridge and Structural Members Bridge and Structural Members Metric Dimensions for Standard Bridge Girders MG-BG Conversion - Modification to MGML Open Web Girders for BG Loading Comprising of Single/Coupled WDM2 With Trailing Load of BOXN Wagons (7.59t/M) for A Speed of 100 Kmph Utilizing Released MGML Open Web Girders of Spans 30.5m and 45.7m. MGML Standard, Live Loads for Minimum Grade of RCC and CC for Construction. Mix Proportioning and Permissible Stresses in Concrete Modification to RBG Loading. Multiple Track Bridges, Racking forces for Modification in design and drawing of steel channel sleepers for standard spans. Modification to bridges for MBG suitability-provision of additional holding down bolts. Modifications of Provision of IRS Steel Bridge Code Regarding Intermediate Stiffeners, Horizontal Stiffeners and Load Bearing Stiffeners. MW towers With 3 Antennae/Reflectors, RDSO Design Criteria 77 Design of Amendment to Criteria for Structural Design Design of N Narrow and Light Gauge Bridges, Impact Factor Narrow Gauge Bridges, Longitudinal forces for Bsc Ref 21 32 12 22 12 Item No. 187 330 85 204 86
64 E13 59 32 56 19 4 17 4 E08 47 59 60 57 55 32 30 45 68
763 724 696 332 651 157 23 135 22 691 533 691 715 672 635 340 301 511 815
52 68 32 63 41 69 70 68
599 Informal Item -.2 325 759 443 830 836 818
59 60 59 21 51
702 716 702 186 591

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects O Open Deck Bridges, Design of Stringers and Cross Girders Open Web Girders, 76.2m, BGML, Design of BGML, Utilising Standard MGML Girders Camber Under Dead Load Composite RCC and Steel 30.5m BGML Composite Steel and Concrete Stringers Design for 76.2m BGML Design for 76.2m BGML Design for 89.05m and 93.1m Spans, RBG Design of Discontinuous Struts Stresses, During Process of Renewal Upper Chords and End Rakers Overall Lengths of Turntables Overstress At Ends of Girders During Jacking for Maintenance In Existing Mild Steel Girders. P Pads, Cast Iron, rubber and PLASCO rubber and Cast Iron, Experiments On Painting of Girder Bridges Painting Schedules System to Protect Girders in Areas of Severe Corrosion Permissible Bearing Pressure on RC Bed Blocks Permissible Stresses At Construction Joints, Tensile For Various species of Timber In Beams, Compressive Compression Flange of Plate Girder and Beams Compression Flanges Concrete Columns Concrete in Columns Deformed Bars in Bridges Masonry of Piers and Abutments Mild/Light Tensile Steel in Compression Steel Alterations Substructure Vibrated Concrete Welds Permissible Tensile Stress At Construction Joints in Concrete Permissible Working Stress in Truss Members, Raising of Pier and Abutment in 18.3 M, BGML, Design of Code, Revision As Bridge Substructure Code Design, Longitudinal forces Drawings of Pier and Abutment for 18.3m Span BGML, Design of Permissible Over Stress in Masonry Typical Drawings of Piers, Water Pressure On Piles, Safe Bearings Pressure On Pipe Concrete for Railway Culverts Pipe Culverts Diameters and Method of Joining RCC Drawings for Reinforced Concrete, Design of Pipe Lines Under Railway Track Laying of Bsc Ref 21 42 52 50 46 46 41 42 59 50 30 29 27 32 24 19 18 46 38 57 32 50 33 27 32 10 32 31 55 34 26 1 48 32 31 45 11 42 E03 14 22 41 34 23 36 33 14 17 30 18 56 Item No. 193 473 593 572 531 521 459 473 697 571 291 284 259 332 219 166 148 524 417 673 333 566 341 265 329 60 328 321 639 352 255 10 551 327 317 512 80 472 003 101 207 456 352 214 383 347 98 134 303 146 654

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Pushing In Embankments RCC 250 Mm Dia, Design of Reinforced Concrete Plain Concrete Construction, Specification for Specification for Plain Concrete Structures, Surface Reinforcement Plastic Design of Goods Shed Plate Girders , IRS , Use in Curves 12.2m Span BGML , Design With Weathering Steel 30.5, 12.2 &19.1m MGML, Riveted, Design of 31.9 M span BGML Design of 40ft Span BGML, With Steel Trough sleepers,Design of 6.1,9.2,12.2,18.3,24.4,30.5m Spans, RBG 6.1m BGML ,Welded ,Design of 6.1m MGML ,Welded ,Design of 80ft,Design Alternative Designs Beams, Permissible Stresses in Compression Flange Bearing Stress in Rivets BGML Loading Utilising Standard MGML Plate Girders Bridges on Curves Bridges on Curves Convertible Designs for HM & ML Loadings Deck Type Design for 12.2m 18.3m BGML, Design of Design of Design of Design of Plate Girders Emergency, RBG, Design of For Elastomeric Bearing, 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5m BG Heavy Intermediate Stiffeners for Length Breadth Ratio of Compression Flange MGML With HTS Flanges and Webs Minimum Depth Provision of Jacking Arrangement Relief of Stress Revised Design, 100 ft and 80 Ft, With High Tensile Steel Riveted and Welded, 10, 15 and 20m RBG Standard, Design of Roller/ Rocker Bearing for 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5m BG Semi Through , Effected By Welding Research On Shallow Deflection In Skew Design of Through Type, 40 ft and Over, Standardisation of Upto 80 Ft, Standard Design of Welded 12.2m and 18.3m Spans, RBG Welded, 18.3m RBG, Design of Welded 24.4m and 30.5m Spans, RBG Welded, Fatigue Tests On With High Tensile Steel Flanges and Web With Steel Sleepers Bsc Ref 49 47 52 44 18 19 51 46 48 52 46 42 24 57 46 46 39 26 32 7 52 45 46 5 26 41 6 24 4 56 59 7 54 35 23 1 41 24 26 60 59 19 45 7 17 3 57 58 59 19 22 31 Item No. 561 538 600 496 139 169 577 519 536 596 514 474 225 666 516 517 426 242 329 41 592 507 519 33 245 460 40 224 27 646 700 45 620 367 213 005 461 226 243 711 699 162 501 47 138 17 669 685 698 170 208 311

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Platform Roofs, and Broach, Design of Expansion Joints Expansion Joints In Experiment On Infringement Umbrella Type Welded Welded, 10.65m Bays Platform Shelters, Asbestos Cement Gutters, Adoption of Coefficient of Wind force Design of Column Bays RCC, Design of Revision of Scantlings Wind Pressure Wind Tunnel Tests Portland Pozallana Cement in RCC Work Preparation of IRS codes for elastomeric, PTFE and Pot bearing for Railway bridges and to issue standard drawings. Pressure on Base of Well, Ignoring Buoyancy Prestressed Girders, Open Web Prestressing of Lattice Girder Proof Stressing Prestressing Steel Protective Measures on Road Over Bridges and Their Approaches to Prevent Road Vehicles Falling on Track. Provision of Oil Bath Bearings for Bridge Girders. Provision of Surface Reinforcement in Mass Concrete/Masonry Substructures in Seismic Zone V. Provision of Weep Holes in Earth Retaining Structure and RCC Box Culverts. Provisional Drawings of Mass Concrete Abutments With M-15 Grade of Concrete of Standard Spans 6.1m to 30.5m to MBG Loading 1987. Provision of Horizontal Stiffeners for Solid Web Girders Vide Clause No.5.10.3 of IRS Steel Bridge Code for the Amendment. Provision of Splices in Girders Due to Non-Availability of Longer Plates and to Make Recommendations Provision of Splices in Girders Due to Non-Availability of Longer Plates and to Make Recommendations Provision of Seismic Arrangements for Girders. Provisions in Bridge Rules Regarding Wind Pressure on Bridge Girders. PSC Box Girders 9.15m and 12.2m , RBG, Design of 18.3m Span RBG Loading PSC Bridge Slab 5m Span, Design of Bridges and Structures, Criteria for Design Criteria for Design of PSC Girders, 40 ft and 60 Ft, MGML Design of 60 ft and 100 Ft, BGML Design and Fabrication of PSC Girders, Adequacy of Deck Width Lattice Lattice Method of Nerbuda Bridge Open Web Bsc Ref 28 37 36 37 54 14 51 46 35 53 53 37 35 36 38 59 71 26 43 19 53 65 67 65 68 67 Item No. 272 392 382 390 629 100 590 520 362 617 613 398 361 380 405 692 857 250 478 155 608 778 811 774 Informal Item -.1 814
61
730
62 62 63 61 58 59 60 41 E01 29 30 53 18 19 17 16 43
750 752 Informal Item - 2 717 683 695 708 452 004 280 302 604 147 155 125 114 478

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Permissible Static Deflection Specification for Grouting of Tension in Concrete Water Proofing Arrangements Grouting of Ducts Specification for Precast I Girder Pretensioned, for Rationalized Span, Design of Foot Over Bridge Slab, 20 ft BGML and MGML, Design of PSC Slabs, Design of 7.5m Span for RBG Loading 4.6m and 3.0m RBG Design of PTFE Bearings for Girders, Field Trials On Punching Shear in Concrete, Values of Purlins, Lightway Steel Loading Tests for Design of Triangulated, Modified Design Provision Regarding End-Milling and Desired Amendments and to Make Recommendations Provisions By Proposed Amendment to Clause 4.7 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code Regarding the Use of Strands for Prestressing and to Make Recommendations.(File No.CBS/PCB) Q Quality of Paints for Painting of Bridge Girders. R Racking forces, Bridges For Multiple Track Bridges Rail Fixing of , to Steel Trough Sleepers Rail Joints,Girder Bridges, Welding of Girder Bridges, Welding of Impact, Experimental Evidence Spacing of Bridge Timbers At Rail Road Bridges,Allocation of Cost of Code for Common Deck Common Deck Common Deck Common Deck Details Design Using Aluminium Live Load and Impact Rail Stresses Under Moving Loads Effect of Speed Effect of Speed Experimental Testing RBG Loading, , Design of 18.3m Span PSC , Box Girders Design of 24.4 and 30.5m Spans Welded Plate Girders Design of 7.5m Span PSC Slab RBG Loading, Salient Features, Design of 92/96m Span RCC and Prestressed Concrete Structures, Cover for RCC and PSC Slabs, Waterproofing Arrangements RCC Ballast Walls Bsc Ref 40 45 48 40 54 52 60 34 40 59 57 55 34 31 38 39 62 62 Item No. 429 502 541 434 624 601 709 360 439 694 671 631 359 315 406 421 747 743
67 29 41 44 44 E03 12 49 26 27 27 28 31 26 29 30 14 6 7 14 59 59 59 59 40 42 24
Informal Item -1 285 443 497 488 002 88 558 253 258 266 277 318 253 283 292 99 35 47 99 695 698 694 697 436 466 227

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects RCC Beams and Slabs, Span Depth Ratio Charts and Design of Design Charts RCC Box Culverts And Square Arch Openings, Standard Designs of Drawings of Drawings of Foundations RCC Box Culvert. RCC Bridge Slabs, Designs for Various Spans RCC Bridges, Longitudinal forces for Design of Sub-Structure RCC Intze Tanks, Design of RCC Pipe 250mm Dia , Design of 250mm Dia, Standardization of Alternative Designs With Two Concentric Reinforcing Cages Culverts Drawings for Cover In Design of Modification in Reinforcement With Reinforcing Rings, Design of With Single Oval Reinforcement, Objection to RCC Platform Shelters, Design of RCC Precast Bridge Slabs, Beams and End Beams of Slabs for Various Track Centres, Design of T-Girder 5&7.5m Spans RBG Standard, Design of RCC Slab 0.5m to 5.0m Spans, RBG , With HSD Bars Design of 20ft, MGML , Design of Balllastless, 0.61m, 0.915m Spans, Design of RCC Slab Culvert, Design Substructure of Design and Construction Design and Construction Exveir Type, Adoption of Standard Design Standard Design of Test On With Ballasted Track RCC Structures for Storage of Liquid, Code for Storage of Liquids, Code for RCC Structures Limits of Crack Width RCC T Beam, 20 ft Span, BGML 20 Ft, BGML, Drawings of RCC Tank 50000 Gallons, Design of RCC Works Field Tests for Reduction in Stresses for Submerged Substructures Of Impact Allowance on Existing RC Bridges for Reduced Speed Reinforcement, Transverse, in Columns Relief Slabs in Approaches of Bridges Provision of Report of Committee on Numerical Rating of Bridge on Indian Railways. Report on Effects of Wider Joints Sleeper Spacing on Bridges on BGMG Bsc Ref 34 17 16 23 19 20 21 42 63 18 54 45 44 52 49 22 30 32 18 29 23 22 37 47 42 60 59 29 50 18 6 7 35 36 13 17 6 28 27 58 39 36 39 20 50 24 55 56 66 56 Item No. 357 137 118 216 156 182 191 464 760 145 628 509 496 600 562 196 303 335 146 279 211 196 398 543 467 707 693 281 564 141 37 47 364 377 94 133 36 273 260 679 422 378 425 178 565 220 640 657 Informal Item -1 649

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Return and Wing Walls in Arch Bridges, Design of Review of Action on Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings Items Various BSC Items Revised Loading Standards Revised Provisions for Design of Compression Members in Microwave towers. Revision of Clause 2.3.4.1 & Amendments to Clause 2.3.4.2 of the IRS Bridge Rules. Revision of Clause 3.3.7 to 3.3.9 and Appendix 'A' of IRS Steel Bridge Code. Revision of Clause 3.6.3 and 3.6.4 of IRS Steel Bridge Code. Revision of Clause 5.10.2 and Table X of IRS Steel Bridge Code. Revision of Clauses 6.6.4.10, 6.17 and 6.19.4 of IRS Concrete Bridge Code. Revision of Clause 2.9 of Bridge Rules With Regard to raking forces Revision of IRS Code of Practice for Plain Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete for General Bridge Construction (Concrete Bridge Code) Clauses on Impact of IRS Bridge Rules Revision of IR Specification for fabrication and erection of steel girder bridges and locomotive turn tables. (IRS BI-79) Revision of IRS welded bridge code Revision of clause 5.16 of IRS Bridge sub-structure and Foundation code for checking suitability of foundation of existing bridges for introduction of New rolling stock/locomotives etc. Revision of clause No.4.3 of IRS Bridge Substructure and Foundation code regarding estimation of design discharge. Review of Action Taken on Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings. Review of Action on Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings Review of Action Taken on Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings. Review of Action Taken on Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings. Review of Action Taken on Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings. Review of action taken on pending items Review of action taken on pending items. Review of action taken on pending items. Review of Definition of Important Bridge As Given in Engineering Code. Review of Pending Items of Earlier BSC Meetings. Revision of Clause 5.16 of IRS Bridge Sub Structure Code. Revised Metre Gauge Loading Standard. Recommendations Made By Principal, IRIATT Regarding Increase in the Present Practice Followed With Regards to the Width of Concrete Deck I.E. 4265mm and to Make Recommendations Revision of Drawing No.BA-11193 for Bridge Sleeper Built Out of Track Sleepers Approved Vide Item No.632 of 55th BSC Bsc Ref 41 60 58 59 E08 61 61 61 61 61 61 60 E14 Item No. 453 722 687 703 618 728 720 731 732 729 725 713 826
E12 69 69 70
706 832 833 837
70 63 66 64 67 68 69 70 71 66 65 65 63 62
839 757 801 769 812 825 834 847 859 792 780 773 756 748
62
751

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Rigid Frames Under Reversal Stress in Compression Members Risk coefficient for design of high rise hoardings. Riveted Joints Strengthened By ARC Welding, Experimental Work Riveting, Use of Sealing Paste for Rivets, Field Length of Field Length of Review of action taken on pending items. Fixing Steel Sleepers to Girders, Loosening of In Plate Girders, Bearing Stresses Length of Length of Long Grip Loose, in Steel Sleepers Riveted to Girders Maximum Pitch of Or Bolts Through Packing Plate Girders, Increase of Bearing Stresses Size and Lengths for Heavy Plate Girders Road and Rail Road Bridges, Loading and Impact Factor Road Bridges Road Overbridges, Economical Design of Road Rail Bridge Code, Foot Bridges and Foot Paths Design of 300 Ft Road Under Bridges Provision of Covering in Urban Areas Rocker Bearing Replacement With Roller Type for 150 ft Girder MGML Roller and Rocker Bearing, 18.3M Span Composite Girder, RBG Standard 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5m BG Plate Girders Design of Rollers, Diameter of Rolling tolerances, Effect of in Bridge Girders Roofs, Light Weight Steel Purlins for Rubber and Cast Iron Pads, Experiments On Pads on Steel Sleepers Rules for Opening of Railway, Deletion of Static Deflection formula S Safety Refuges, on Girder Bridges Sanction for Running of Engines and Stock Scour Around Abutments and Piers, Measurement of Major Bridges in Terms of Para 11051 (B) of Manual Scant formula for Mild Steel Struts Struts, Application to Mild Steel Secondary Members, Effective Length Secondary Stresses in Steel Bridges Elimination of , in Truss Girders Seismic Allowance for Bridges Seismic and Longitudinal forces for Design of Bridges Seismic forces for Design of Bridges and Structures Design of Railway Bridges Design of Railway Bridges Design of Railway Bridges Shallow Plate Girder Deflection in Bsc Ref 35 69 15 49 12 10 71 40 7 8 8 54 37 13 54 10 7 4 50 36 30 31 52 40 60 59 19 47 31 18 47 40 Item No. 379 Informal Item -2 109 556 82 61 859 433 41 52 53 621 387 90 621 60 45 28 570 372 293 319 595 442 712 699 160 539 315 148 534 428
IRWW
40 7 59 60 21 18 19 26 49 41 44 50 47 58 59 45
430 43 691 715 184 154 159 246 557 445 492 573 523 684 705 501

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Shear Stress in Web Plates and Rivets Web Plates and Rivets Shuttering, Striking Period of SI System of Units, Adoption of Skew Girder, Impact and Standards of Loading Method of Supporting MG, Shipping Marks Standard Designs of Skew Plate Girders Plate Girders Plate Girders, BG Slabs, Design of Spans, Standardisation of Slabs Bridges, Longitudinal Distribution of Load Slab Composite Wafer Type, Design of For 10.2M Road Bridge Slab RCC Precast 3.66 M Span for RBG Loading Design of 0.5M to 5.0 M Spans With HSD Bars, RBG Loading For 10.2M Road Bridge Sleeper Pad Plates Cast Iron, Rubber and Plasco On Plate Girders Plate Girders Sleepers Bridges, Uniform Thickness Steel Trough, Loose Rivets Sleepers, Steel, Use on Girder Bridges Slope Protection for Guide Bund on Rear Site and Approach Embankment. Smoke Guards, Provision in Standard Designs of Through Girder Soil Testing Apparatus Spacing of Girders Directly Supporting the Track Spandrel Filled Arches, Design of Special Rules for Ferro Concrete Bridges Specification B1 and B3, Adoption of Shop Painting B1 for Bridge Girders, Revision of Manufacture of Bridge Girder B3 Manufacture of Steel Structures Manufacture of Steel Structures, Revision of B5 Bridge, Structure Design With High Tensile Steel Specification for Bridge Erection Concrete Construction Design of Span Concrete Pipes Design of Steel Work Other Than Bridges Electric ARC Welding Electric ARC Welds Erection of Bridge Girders Specification for Backfill Material and Filter Material Behind Abutments and Retaining Walls As Amendment to Clause No. 20.2 ofIRS Sub-Structure Code and to make Recommendations. Specification for Erection of Girder Bridge Erection of Steel Structures Bsc Ref 30 32 32 58 7 35 11 5 6 7 10 51 5 46 44 43 55 59 43 22 19 15 17 19 37 36 68 55 25 26 30 14 13 16 11 12 12 11 15 8 17 16 16 11 11 11 62 Item No. 299 331 324 677 47 363 79 34 40 47 64 579 34 522 495 483 643 693 483 197 166 105 122 167 387 384 Informal Item -3 634 232 241 294 97 95 112 77 81 83 67 107 51 121 115 116 70 71 68 746
10 10
58 57

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Erection of Steel Structures Erection of Steel Structures Grouting of Ducts Grouting of Ducts in PSC Manufacture of Bridge Girders, Revision of Metallising Girders With Sprayed Aluminum Plain Concrete Construction Steel Girder Bridge IRS B1 1962, Amendments to Specifications for Procurement of Special Conditions for HSFG Bolts. Specification for, Steel Girder Bridges, IRS B1 47, Fabricated Weight Steel Girder Bridges, IRSB I62, Amendments to Steel, IS226, IS1977 and IS2062, Conditions for Use IRS B263, Erection Riveting of Girders, Amendments M23 for High Tensile Structural Steel M5 Chemical Composition for Class II Steel Spun Concrete Pipes for Railway Culverts Specification for Design Speed Restriction During Jacketing of Arch Bridges and Substructures. Speed Restriction On Temporary Arrangment With CC Crib Stability of Foundations Standard Drawings of Mass Concrete Gravity Type Piers of Standard (6.1m to 30.5m) Spans to MMG Loading 1988. Standard Drawings of Precast RC Ballastless Bridge Slab of Spans 0.61m and 0.915m Confirming to MBG Loading 1987 and MMG Loading 1988. Standard Drawings of Precast RC Bridge Slabs of Standard (0.61m to 6.10 M) and Rationalised (0.5m to 5.0m) Spans to MBG Loading 1987. Standard Drawings of Precast RC Bridge Slabs of Standard (0.61m to 6.10m) Spans Confirming to MMG Loading 1988. Standard of Loading MGML (Revised Standard of Loading, Broad Gauge Standard Plate Girders, Convertible for HM & ML Loadings Standard PSC Girder of 20m Span to RBG Standard Loading. Standardisation of Duplicated and Through Girders Equipment for Quick Restoration of Traffic Standards of Bridge Loading, Suitability of Loading, BG Loading Broad Gauge Loading EDUL for Loading for MG Bridges, Revision of Loading for NG Loading for NG Loading MG Loading MG & NG Loading on MG Bridges Welds, Acceptable Steam Effect on Bridge Girders Steel Alteration in Permissible Stresses Steel Bridge Code, Alternating Stresses Alternating Stresses Bsc Ref 11 12 47 54 10 57 18 57 61 40 45 43 57 15 41 14 16 65 69 19 66 66 66 Item No. 69 84 537 624 59 672 139 663 739 432 500 479 664 107 446 98 115 777 828 165 785 783 781
66 E13 E08 5 63 11 41 5 3 E08 5 6 29 33 8 3 7 36 38 1 43 24
782 723 618 33 753 73 454 31 15 618 32 39 286 348 54 16 47 375 408 10 476 229

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Amendments to Batten Plates Steel Bridge Code, Camber Camber Compression Members and Lateral Bracings Depth/ Span Ratios for Girders Design of Plate Girders Edge Distance for Riveting and Bolting Effective Length of Compression Chords Effective Span, Working Stress Erection Stresses in Lateral bracings Existing Bridges Fabrication of Girders By Welding Fluctuations of Stresses Fluctuations of Stresses Incidence of Stresses Under Lateral Wind Loads Lateral and Portal Bracings Latticing Length Breadth Ratio of Compression Flange Longitudinal Loads Maximum Permissible Deflection Over Stresses in Bridges Permissible Bearing Pressure on RC Bed Blocks Permissible Stresses in Compression Permissible Stresses in Wrought Iron and Early Steel Plate Girder, Deck Type Portal Bracings Prestressing Open Web Girder Provision Issue Provisional Issue, Revision of Revision of Working Stresses in Wrought Iron Steel Bridge Code, Revision of Secondary Stresses Upper Chords and Rakers of Open Web Girder Wind forces on Bridges Working Stresses Working Stresses in Welded Joints Wrought Iron and Steel of Early Manufacture Steel Bridge Reduction in Cost of Steel Channel Sleepers for Bridges, Design of Class II, Chemical Composition of High Tensile for Bridge High Tension for Long Span Bridges Ordinary , IS 1762, Use of Steel Sleepers, Experimental for Plate Girders Steel Sleepers for BGML and MGML, Design of Bridges Plate Girders On Bridges Riveted to Girders, Loose Rivets Steel Structural, Draft IS Code for Consideration of Steel Structures Code, A&C Slip No. 2 Adoption of IS Code in Supersession of Dynamic Effects on Gantries Latticing Bsc Ref E07 37 24 32 32 33 24 47 35 22 23 44 25 44 45 30 24 24 35 39 48 29 32 26 29 26 36 43 20 21 31 E02 26 29 26 37 28 26 1 54 41 13 1 42 31 45 54 31 28 37 37 31 E01 34 24 Item No. 575 404 230 334 337 342 224 545 368 198 212 491 234 487 499 306 231 218 367 418 549 288 333 255 289 245 371 478 177 194 323 002 246 284 247 394 270 257 001 625 446 93 004 465 311 506 625 311 275 387 396 316 001 354 218

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Live Load on Roofs Revision of Revision of Live Loads Stresses Under Combined Compression and Bending Wind Loads on Multiple Span Roofs Wind Load, Revision of Wind Pressure on Buildings Wind Pressure on Roofs Working Stresses in Roofs Purlins Steel Structures , Manufacture, Specification of Specification for Erection Specification for Erection of Specification for Manufacture Revision of Steel TISCOR & TISCORN, Tests on Welds To IS 2062 & IS 226, Use of To IS 226, IS 1977 and IS 2062, Conditions for Use Trestles for 24.38m BGML Design of Unit Type, 24.384m BGML, Design of Steel Trough Sleepers, Fixation to Girders Steel Work Other Than Bridges, Specifications for Stiffeners, Load Bearing Criteria for Design Strength of Bridges for Running Diesel and Electric Locos Strength of Existing ARCH Bridges, Ascertaining of Strengthening Members Under Stress By Welding Of Substructures, Review of Existing Practices Stresses Alternating Alternating Combined and Working in Wrought Iron Due to Bearing Resistance in Piers and Abutments Fluctuations of Fluctuations of , in Welded Construction In Bridge Girders Under Lateral Wind Loads Compression Members of Rigid Frames Under Stress Reversal Stresses in Reinforcement in Bridges Struts, Permissible Stresses Permissible for Deformed Bars Reduction In, Substructures Submerged in Water Relief in 150ft Girder Due to Interaction of Floor and Members Of , in the top Flanges of Plate Girders Stresses, Working Applicability of , to Welded Structures Raising of Stringers and Cross Girders, Impact Allowance Struts Battened, Design of Discontinuous in Open Web Girder Substructure for Existing Bridges, Criteria for Checking of Wider Gauge RCC Slab Culvert In Steel Of Bridges BG,Effects of Diesel and Electric Traction RCC Bridge, Longitudinal forces for Design RCC Slab Culverts, Longitudinal forces Slab Bridges, Impact Allowances for Design Bsc Ref 18 21 33 32 34 31 33 25 23 12 11 12 10 22 47 43 41 56 41 41 16 55 44 34 20 56 43 24 13 41 45 44 30 36 35 21 57 50 7 24 20 7 21 27 50 59 18 44 46 54 37 51 Item No. 149 190 343 338 355 309 344 233 212 83 69 84 56 203 544 479 457 645 457 455 116 633 489 358 175 653 476 229 96 449 499 487 306 379 369 189 675 565 44 226 176 49 193 264 571 704 141 490 532 628 393 573

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Permissible Stresses Strengthening Practices,Review of Sub- murged in Water, Reduction in Stresses Super Elevation, on Girder Bridges on Curves Supplemental Measures for Design, Detailing and Durability of Concrete Bridges. Surcharged Due to Highway Loads for Design of Abutment Surface Reinforcements in Plain Concrete Structures Survey and Tabulation Method for Rating of Masonry Arch Bridges. Sway Bracings Effect of Omission in Through Girders Omission in Through Girders T T Beams, for Footover Bridges Reinforced Concrete 20 ft BGML Drawings of Tank Staging, Design of Sizes and Heights Standard Designs of Steel Design of Tanks, High Service, Design of Intze Type, Design of RCC Over Head, 50, 100, 250 Kilo Liters Design of RCC, 5000 Gallons, Design of Standard Size in Metric Dimensions Temporary Girders and Support Structures Tensile Strength of Masonry, Test for Tension Member, Subjected to Vibration, Welding of Testing and Rating of Masonry Arch Bridges Masonry Arch Bridges Testing of Welded Girders Welded Plate Girders Tests to Determine Longitudinal forces Thickness of Web in Prestressed Concrete Post Tensioned Girders. To consider 2nd revision of IRS Code of Practice for plain reinforced and prestressed concrete for general bridge construction (CONCRETE BRIDGE CODE) Through Girders Effect of Omission of Sway Bracings Omission of Sway Bracings Provision of Smoke Guards in Standard Design of Standardisation of Through Spans With Ballasted Track Through Type Spans 150 Ft, 300 Ft, BGML Timber, Permissible Stresses in Various Species Tolerances in Knuckle & Roller Torsion in Reinforced Concrete Reinforced Concrete Towers Antenna Self Supporting Type, Standard Design of Flood Lighting, Design of Flood Lighting, General Arrangement and Details Microwave 100M High to Drg No. RDSO/ B-789 &786 Modifications to Draft Design Criteria Bsc Ref 48 56 50 34 64 35 51 66 24 50 56 Item No. 551 653 565 356 761 365 577 796 231 563 652
40 39 38 37 18 15 42 45 60 39 41 63 47 28 E08 56 27 28 11 67 E14
440 422 416 386 144 104 475 509 710 425 458 Informal Item - 3 533 268 619 656 262 274 78 809 826
50 56 55 11 6 24 33 11 32 33 54 52 26 56 56
563 652 634 73 36 217 341 74 326 345 630 598 244 648 660

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Fabrication and Erection Fabrication and Erection Fabrication , Erection and Maintenance Maintenance of Steel Work Standard Design for With 3 Antennae/ Reflectors,1977 Criteria Track on Bridges, Impact Tests on All Steel Tractive and Braking forces Braking forces Experimental Evidence Experiments On Trestles and Cribs Trestles Steel, Design of Trestles, Unit Type Design for 24.384M, 80ft MGML Triangulated Girders, Camber in Floor System Triangulated Purlin, Design of Trolley Refuges Over Ballasted Deck Type Bridges. Truss Girders, Best Outline for High Tensile Steel ,#50ft, Profile of Interaction of Floor and Main Members K Type Web System, Alternative Designs Secondary Stresses, Elimination of Trusses and Girders, Distance Apart Tunneling, Equipment for Turn Table, 22.86M Dia 3 Point Support MG/BG Design of Design of Flexible Type 75ft, Design of Overall Lengths Turn Table, Welded 22.86m Dia Design of U Uncanted Rails on Bridges Under Drilling of Holes for Turned Bolts Underslung Girders, 100ft BGML Design of 100ft MGML , Design of 30.5M, MGML, Design of Design of Unit Steel Trestles Use of M.S. plates at panel points of CC Cribs used for temporary arrangement. Use of New Design Prepared By RDSO Use of Portland Blast Furnace Slag Cement. Use of Released MGML Plate Girders for BG Conversion. Use of Ready Mix Concrete in Engg. Works Use of TMT bars in RCC works. W Wafer Type Composite Slab Design of Slab for 10.2m Road Bridge Design of Water Proofing Arrangements for PRC Bridges Over RCC and PSC Slabs Weathering Steel , Design of Plate Girders 12.2m BGML Bsc Ref 56 E09 57 E09 54 59 20 13 12 12 13 53 56 41 26 39 67 17 18 11 17 49 1 45 52 21 31 27 53 Item No. 647 661 665 661 630 702 181 91 87 87 91 614 645 457 256 421 808 132 151 72 131 557 006 510 594 195 320 259 611
28 49 39 40 46 45 56 70 48 66 68 70 71
275 555 427 441 515 504 645 840 540 795 816 Informal item -1 849
42 43 44 40 42 52
469 483 495 434 466 596

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Water Cement Ratio in Concrete for Durability and Workability. Welded Plate Girders to MBG Loading 1987 Weep Holes in Abutments Weighment Test on Non Compensated Engine Welded Bridge Code, Adoption of Welded Construction, Fluctuations of Stress Welded Girder, Design for 18.3m Span Testing of Welded Joints, Working Stresses In Welded Plate Girders,18.3m RBG, Design of 24.4m and 30.5m RBG, Design of Fatigue Tests On Testing of Welded Platform Roof 10.65m Bays Welded Platform Roof Welded Rails on Girder Bridges Welded Rigid Frame Type Foot Over Bridges Welded Structures, Use of Working Stresses Welded Turntable 22.86m Dia Design of Welding ARC Effects of , on Structural Members Experiments On Electric Specification of Welding Code, Adoption of in Lieu of Electric ARC Welding Code End Fillets Fillet Welded Joints Permissible Stresses in Weld Revision of Revision of Welding Code, Welds in Members Subject to Dynamic Loading Welding Effect of on Member Under Stress, Tests of Welding Effects on Structural Member, Experiments On Tension Members Subjected to Vibration Welding Parts and Secondary Members in Shop, Economics of Welds Acceptable Standards ARC, Electric, Specification for Workmanship Wind forces on bridges Wind Loads and Lateral Loads Effect on Bridges During Erection Effects For Highway Bridges For Platform Shelters For Steel Structures,Revision of d Girder Area for Calculation of On Bridges and Structures On Buildings On Multiple Span Roofs On Roofs On Roofs Tunnel Test for Wind Pressure Co-efficient for Design of Platform Roof Shelters Wind Tunnel,Test on Platform Shelters Wing Walls, Designs of Bsc Ref 67 64 47 16 E06 44 53 27 28 58 59 19 28 46 51 E04 24 48 20 53 13 18 11 24 43 32 31 22 23 41 19 16 27 18 36 11 26 24 55 24 19 36 31 30 27 33 34 25 26 41 61 38 36 Item No. 810 765 542 111 574 487 609 262 270 685 698 170 274 520 590 002 223 535 176 611 89 150 70 222 477 339 317 202 210 444 164 113 268 153 375 71 247 228 637 231 161 380 309 305 267 344 355 233 252 447 719 405 373

Alphabetical Index Of Subjects Working Stresses Empirical formula for, Old Wrought Iron Structures In Plain Concrete Roof Purlins Welded Structures Wrought Iron Wrought Iron Wrought Iron and Early Steel Bridges, Test for Permissible Stresses Structures, Empirical formula for Working Stresses Working Stresses Bsc Ref 17 40 23 20 31 19 29 17 19 Item No. 128 438 212 176 323 158 289 128 158

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INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

1st and 2nd meetings-1925

Third Meeting- March, 1927

Fourth Meeting - July, 1927

Fifth Meeting- January, 1928

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Seventh Meeting- July/ August, 1929

Eighth Meeting- February March, 1930

Ninth Meeting - July, 1930

Tenth Meeting- July, 1931

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Eleventh Meeting - March, 1932

Twelfth Meeting September- October, 1932

Thirteenth Meeting - January, 1934

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Fourteenth Meeting - June, 1934

99/3 100/4 101/5

Fifteenth Meeting- February, 1935

Sixteenth Meeting - February, 1936

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Eighteenth Meeting - January, 1938

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Nineteenth Meeting - January, 1939

167/13 168/14 169/15 170/16 171/17

Twentieth Meeting - January, 1940

Twenty - first Meeting - December, 1940

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

191/9 192/10 193/11 194/12 195/13

Twenty - second Meeting-December 1941

Twenty - third Meeting- November, 1942

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Twenty - fifth Meeting - December, 1944

Twenty - sixth Meeting - October, 1945

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

250/10 251/11 252/12 253/13

254/14 255/15 256/16 257/17

Twenty - seventh Meeting- November, 1946

Twenty-eighth Meeting- February, 1948

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Twenty-ninth Meeting- March, 1949

Thirtieth Meeting - April, 1950

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Thirty-first Meeting - December, 1950

Thirty-second Meeting - December, 1951

326 327 328

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

337 338 339 340

Thirty-third Meeting - November, 1952

Thirty-fourth Meeting - November, 1953

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Thirty-fifth Meeting - November, 1954

Thirty-sixth Meeting - February, 1956

376 377 378 379

380 381 382 383 384 385

Thirty-seventh Meeting - March, 1957

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Extra-Ordinary Meeting - November, 1957

Thirty eighth Meeting - February, 1958

Thirty ninth Meeting - February, 1959

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Fortieth Meeting - February, 1960

Extra-Ordinary Meeting - November, 1960

Forty- first Meeting - March, 1961