STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES SECTION V STEEL ROAD BRIDGES (Second Revision) 2001Ruf Fee/t0s- u STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES Section V Steel Road Bridges (Second Revision) Published by THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road New Dethi-110011 2001 Price Rs.200/ (Plus packing & postage)First published Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted ‘Second Revision IRC:24-2001 : May, 1967 : August, 1972 July, 1976 : August, 1984 (Incorporates: ‘Amendment No.1- December, 1982) October, 1994 : Apri, 2001 (Rights of Publication and Translation are reserved) Printed at Nutan Printers, New Delhi (1000 copies) S01 $02. 503, $04, 504.1 504.2 505, 505.1 505.2. 505.3 505.4 505.5. 505.6. 506. 06.1 06.2. 06:3. 506.4. 506.5. 506.6. 506.7. IRC:24.2001 CONTENTS Section-V STEEL ROAD BRIDGES Page Personnel of Bridges Specifications (iv) and Standards Committee Introduction 1 Scope 3 Limitations 3 References 4 Defititions and Symbols 4 Definitions 4 Symbols 5 Materials and Properties 9 Steels 9 Castings and Forgings 10 Fasteners uh Welding Consumables 2 Welding 2 Wire Ropes and Cables B Loads and Stresses 4 Combinations 4 Permissible Increase in Stress 4 Worst Effect 15 Working Stresses 1s Permissible Sveses in Bots, Rivets and Tension Rods 16 Permissible Stresses in Welds 8 Suess Analysis 20