IRC: 6-2017 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES SECTION: II LOADS AND LOAD COMBINATIONS (SEVENTHREVISION) (Incorporating all amendments and errata published upto March, 2017) Published by Indian Roads Congress Kama Koti Marg, Sector-6, R.K. Puram New Delhi-110022 MARCH, 2017 Price 7 1000 (Packing and postage charges extra @ Rs 40/- per copy)IRC: 6-2017 First Published Reprinted Reprinted Second Revision Third Revision Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Fourth Revision Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Fifth Revision Sixth Revision Seventh Revision December, 1958 May, 1962 ‘September, 1963, October, 1964 Metric Units: October, 1966 October, 1967 November, 1969 March, 1972 (Incorporates Amendment No. 1-Nov.1971) February, 1974 (incorporates Amendment No. 2-Nov.1972) August, 1974 (incorporates Amendment No.3-April 1974 and No.4- August 1974) July, 1977(Incorporates Amendment No.5-October, 1976) September, 1981 (Incorporates the changes as given in detail in the last two sub-paras of introduction at page 3) November, 1985 September, 1990, January, 1994 January, 1997 March, 1999 December, 2000 April, 2002 (Incorporates amended Fig. 5 at page 23) ‘August, 2004 (Incorporates up-to-date Amendments) ‘August, 2005 April, 2006 ‘September, 2009 (Incorporates Amendment No.6) November, 2010 January, 2014 (Incorporating all Amendments and Errata Published upto December, 2013) March, 2017 (Incorporating all Amendments/Errata Published in Indian Highways upto March, 2017) (All Rights Reserved. No Part of this Publication shall be reproduced, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the permission of the Indian Roads Congress) “yposeting & Redesgnes by Darpan Video na, Dab 110 0 Print by Intorgraphic Reproductions Pv. Lt., New Delhi 110 020. (1000 copies) CONTENTS Personnel of the Bridges Specifications and Standards Committee Introduction Scope Classification 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 Loads, Forces and Load Effects Dead Load Live Loads Reduction in the Longitudinal Effect on Bridges Accommodating more than Two Traffic Lanes Foot Over Bridges, Footway, Kerb, Railings, Parapet and Crash Tramway Loading Impact Wind Load Horizontal Forces due to Water Currents Longitudinal Forces Centrifugal Forces Buoyancy Earth Pressure Temperature Deformation Effects (for steel bridges only) Secondary Effects Erection Effects and Construction Loads Seismic Force Barge Impact on Bridges Snow Load Vehicle Collision Loads on Supports of Bridges, Flyover Supports and Foot over Bridges Indeterminate Structures and Composite Structures IRC: 6-207 24 28 30 32 39 42 46 47 47 55 60 60 60 61 75 81 83IRC: 6-2017 ANNEXURES ANNEXURE A: Hypothetical Vehicles for Classification of Vehicles and Bridges (Revised) ANNEXURE B : Combination of Loads for Limit State Design ANNEXURE C: Wind Load Computation on Truss Bridge Superstructure ANNEXURE D: Simplified Formula for Time Period ANNEXURE E : Classification of Inland Waterways of India Page No. 85 88 98 100 101 IRC: 6-2017 PERSONNEL OF THE BRIDGES SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE Kumar, Manoj (Co-Convenor) Nahar, Sajjan Singh (Member Secretary) Alam, Pervez Arora, D.S. Bakshi, S.P.S. Banerjee,AK. Banerjee, Sushim Bansal, Shishir Basa, Ashok Bhowmick, Alok Bordoloi, A.C. Chand, Faqir Dheeraj Dohare, R.D. Ghoshal, A. Gupta, Dr. Supratic Heggade, V.N. Joshi, Brig. Girish (Rep.) Khanna, Shobha Kondai, Bikshapathi Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Satander Pandey, A.K. Parameswaran,Dr.Lakshmy Patankar,V.L Pateriya, Dr. |.K. (As on 24th March, 2017) Director General (RD) & Spl. Secy. to Govt.of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhavan, New Delhi Addl. Director General, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhavan, New Delhi Secretary General, INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Members coo Hee JMD, UPSBCL MD Engg. Proj. (India) ChiefEngineer(Retd.) MoRT&H,New Delhi DG, INSDAG CPM DTTDC Ltd MD, CEM Engg. & Consultanoy (P) Ltd MD, B&SECPL ‘Commissioner, PWD Assam (MGC) Advisor, STUP ‘Superintending Engineer, MoRTH Chief Engineer (Retd.), MoRTH Director and Vice President, STUP Consultants (P) Ltd. Kolkata Asst. Prof, IIT Delhi Sr. VP Gammon India Ltd. Engineer-in-Chief, MES Executive Engineer, PWD Ujjain, M.P. Engineer-in-Chief (R&B), QC, Telangana Superintending Engineer, MoRTH Scientist (Retd.), CRRI ‘Superintending Engineer, MoRTH ChiefScientist(BAS),CRRI,New Delhi DG(RD)&SS,(Retd.) MoRT&H NewDethi Director, NRRDA