AMENDMENT TO IRC:112-2011
Amendment No. 1/1RC:112-2011/January, 2015
IRC:112-2011 “Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges”
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1. | 642.711) [Creep of conerete depends, on the stress in the| Creep of concrete depends, on the sires in the conarsia
(Page 46) |eoncrete, age at loading and duration of loading in| age at loading and duration of loeding in ton tthe
addition to the factors listed in Clause 6.42.6(1) As| factors listed in Clause 6.4.2.6(1). As long asthe sresg
long as the stess in concrete does not exceed 0.36] in concrete does not exceed 036 (i) reep ney be
f,,ereep may be assumed to be proportional to the| assumed to be proportional tothe ae
stress.
2. | 642.72) |The values given in Table 6.9 can be considered as |The values given in Table 69 can be consideied ae
(Page 47) final creep co-efficient for design for normal weigh |final creep co-efficient for design fer normal weight
conercte, subject to condition thatthe compressive concrete subject to condition that the: compressive
stress doesnot exceed 0.36,, atthe age of loading. | stress does not exceed 0.36 ., atthe age of loading
‘and mean temperature of concrete is between 10°C and mean temperature of concrete is between I0MC and
and 20°C with seasonal variation between - 20°C _|20%C with seasonal variation between - 20°C 19 40%
to AUC. For temperature greater than 40°C the co- | Fortemperature greater than 40°C the co-eficient given
ficient given may be increased by 10 percent in | may be increased by 10 percent in absence of assrewe
absence of accurate data. Incase the compressive | data. Incase the compressive stress exceeds 0.367. 1),
stress exceeds 0.36 f,, at loading, non-linear ereep at loading, non-linear creep shall be cowciderca
shall be considered
3. | Table No. [Note : Positional restraints are given for directions at| Nowes
11.1 right angles to the member 1. Positional restraints are given for directions at
Note below Tight angles tothe member.
Table 2. Cases 110 $ shows superstructure held in position
(Page 114) which means the deck is held in poston at some
location other than the pir under consideration
(say typically cither at another pier or at the
abutment
3. In case of any floating deck on elastomeric
bearings (simply suppored or continucus), Case 7
will be applicable
}4. Fora continuous deck fixed at any pier/abutment,
Case 7 apples for the design of fixed pict
abutment. For design of other piers in’ the
longitudinal direction, Case 4 applies for pier
With elastomeric bearings and Case 5 applies for
Piers with free metallic bearings
4 | 13220 ‘Add atthe end ofthe Clause
(Page 115) The effect of imperfection may be represented by an
eccentricity in mm,
ie
i 300
limited to 50 mm
{isthe height of pie in mm
38 INDIAN HIGHWAYS, MAY 2015S.No. | Clause No. For Read
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5. | 12.2.4) Where compressive stress in conerete under] Where compressive stress in concrete _under|
(Page 120) quasi-permanent loads is within 0.36f,, linear creep | quasi-permanent loads is within 0.36 f,(,), linear creep
‘may be assumed. In case compressive stress exceeds| may be assumed. In case compressive stress exceeds
0.36f,. non-linear creep shall be considered, for|0.36f,(1,), non-linear creep shall be considered,
eer a eee For stress level in the range of 0.36 f(t) <6, <
0.487,(1) the non-linearity of creep may be taken into
account ising the following equation:
oltsto) = p(t, to) exp [1.5(kg — 0.36)] for 0.36