IRC:83 (Part 11)-2002 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES SECTION : IX BEARINGS PART Ill : POT, POT-CUM-PTFE, PIN AND METALLIC GUIDE BEARINGS THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS 2002Mic£/FRe/s- TRC a 200 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES SECTION : IX | BEARINGS | PARTI: POT, POT-CUM-PTFE, PIN AND METALLIC GUIDE BEARINGS | | | i | \ | Published by THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Dethi-110 011 2002 Price Rs.200/- (Plus packing and postage)IRC:83 (Part II})-2002 .C:83 (Part IM)-2002, IRC:83 (Part I11)-2002 First Published : March, 2002 | CONTENTS | i Page | Personnel of the Bridges Specifications and (to (iv) Standards Committee | Introduction bee 1 Clause No. | 922 Scope ne? | 923 Terminology we 3 | 524 Symbols and Notations 2 ow (Right of Publication and of Translation are reserved) ease a7 926 Design on 24 927 Manufacture 33 928 Acceptance Specification se 929 Certification and Marking e162] 930 Installation wn 63 931 Maintenance 66 Appendix-1 Typical Format of Fumishing Data for... 69 Design of Bearings Appendix-2 Tests of Raw Material 70 Printed at Nutan Printers, New Delhi-110 020 (1000 Copies)IRC:83 (Part I11)-2002 PERSONNEL OF THE BRIDGES SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE S.C. Sharma* (Convenor) NK. Sinha (Co-Convenor) Chief Engineer (B)S&R (Member-Secretary) KN. Agrawal CR. Alimchandani DS. Batra SS. Chakraborty CV. Kand DK. Kanhere (As on 14.7.2001) DG (RD) & Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Road ‘Transport & Highways, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 Member (Technical), National Highways Authority of India, Plot No. G-5/6, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi-1 10045, (V. Velayutham), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Transport Bhawan, New Dethi-110001 Members Chief Engineer, NDZ-I, Nirman Bhawan, CPWD, New Delhi-110011 Chairman & Managing Director, STUP Consultants Lid, 1004-5, Raheja Chambers, 213, ‘Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Consulting Engineer, Sir Owen Williams Innovestment Ltd., Innovestment House, 1072, Sector-37, Noida-201303 Managing Director, Consulting Engg, Services (D Ltd,, 57, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 Consultant, E-2/136, Mahavir Nagar, Bhopal-462016 Chief Engineer, Block No. A-8, Building No. 12, Haji Ali Officers’ Qtrs., Mahalaxmi, ‘Mumbai-400034 | *ADG(B) being not in postion, the meeting was presided by Shri S.C. Sharma, " Director General (Road Development) & Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Road ‘Transport & Highways. “@IRC:83 (Part 11-2002 10. Krishan Kant 11. Ninan Koshi 12, Dr. R. Kapoor 13. Vijay Kumar 14. N.V, Merani 15. M.K. Mukherjee 16, A.D. Narain 17. MV.B. Rao 18. Di. TN. Subba Rao 19. D. Sreerama Murthy 20. A. Ramakrishna 21, S.A. Reddi 22, Ramani Sarmah Chief General Manager, National Highways Authority of India, Plot No. G-5/6, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi-110045 DG(RD) & Addl. Secy., MOST (Retd,), 56, Nalanda Apartments, Vikaspuri, New Delhi-110018 Director, Unitech India Ltd,, Gurgaon ‘Managing Director, UP State Bridge Corporation Ltd,, Setu Bhavan, 16, Madan Mohan Malviya ‘Marg, Lacknow-226001 Principal Secy., Maharashtra PWD (Retd.), A-47/1344, Adarsh “Nagar, Worli, Mumbai-400025 40/182, CR, Park, New Dethi-110019 DG(RD) & Addl. Secy. MOST (Retd.), B-186, Sector-26, NOIDA-201301 Area Coordinator, Bridge & Instrumentation Engg., Central Road Research Institute, P.O. CRRI, New Dethi-110020, Chairman, Construma Consultancy (P) Ltd, 2nd Floor, Pinky Plaza, Mumbai-400052 Chief Engineer (Retd ), H.No.8-3-1158, Gulmarg Enclave, Flat No. 203, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad President (Operations) & Dy. Managing Director, Larsen & Tourbo Ltd., OC Const. Group, Mount Ponnamalle Road, Mannapakkam, P.O, Box No. 979, Chennai-600089 Dy. Managing Director, Gammon India Ltd., Gammon House, Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025 Secretary to the Govt. of Meghalaya, Public Works Department, Lower Lachumiere, Shillong-793001 ai) 23, 4, 25, 33, 34 35, 36. N.C. Saxena G, Sharan SR. Tambe Dr. M.G. Tambankar Mahesh Tandon PB. Vijay ‘The Chief Engineer (NH) ‘The Principal Secy. to the Govt. of Gujarat |. The Chief Engineer «wH) ‘The Chief Engineer (NH) IRC:83 (Part I1)-2002 Executive Director, Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Pvt. Ltd., A-I1, Green Park, New Dethi-110016 Chief Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Dethi-1 10001 Secretary, Maharashtra PWD (Retd.), 72, Pranit J. Palkar Marg, Opp. Podar Hospital, Worli, ‘Mumbai-400025 BH-1/44, Kendriya Vihar, Sector-11, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410210 Managing Director, Tandon Consultants (P) Ltd., 17, Link Road, Jangpura, Extn., New Delhi-110014 DG (Works), CPWD (Retd.), A-39/B, DDA Flats, Munirka, New Dethi-110062 (SK. De), MP. P.W.D., ‘D" Wing, Ist Floor, Satpura Bhawan, Bhopal-462004 R&B Deptt,, Block No. 14, 2nd Floor, New Sachivalaya, Gandhigagar-382010 Public Works (Roads) Deptt Buldg., Block ‘G’ Kalkota-700001 (SS. Lal), U.P. Public Works Department, Lucknow-226001 Writers’ ‘The Chief Engineer(NH) Punjab P.W.D., B&R Branch Patiala-147001 ‘The Chief Engineer (R) (C.C. Bhattacharya), Ministry of Road Transport S&R T&T & Highways, Transport Bhawan, New Dethi-110001, ‘The Engg.-in-Chief (NH)K.R. Circle, Bangalore-$60001 The Director (S, Saravanavel), Highways Research Station, P.B. No. 2371, 76, Sardar Patel Road, ‘Chennai-600025 ii)IRC:83 (Part IM1-2002 37. The Addl. Director General (Bridges) 38. The Director & Head (Civil Engg.) 39. The Director, RDSO 40. The Director General, CPWD 41. President Indian Roads Congrss 42. DG(RD) 43, Secretary, Indian Roads Congress 1. MAK. Agarwal 2. Dr. VK. Raina 3. Shitala Sharan 4. SP. Khedkar ‘The Technical Director (BK. Basu, VSM, SC), Directorate General | Border Roads, Seema Sadak Bhavan, Naraina, Delhi Cant, New Delhi-110010 Bureau of Indian Standard, Manak Bhavan, 9, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-1 10002 (Vijay Nathawal) Director (Bridges & Structure) Lucknow-226001 (Krishan Kumar), Director General, CPWD, Central Design Orgn., Nirman Bhavan, New | POT-cum-PTFE, PID Delhi-110011 Ex-Officio Members A.B. Pawar Secretary (Works), Maharashtra P.W.D. ‘Mantralaya, Mumbai-#00032 S.C. Sharma, DG(RD) & Addl. Secy., Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi-10001 G. Sharan, Chief Engineer, Ministry of Road ‘Transport & Highways, New Delhi-110001 Corresponding Members Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), H.No. 40, Sector 16, Panchkula-134113, B-13, Sector-14, Noids-201301 Chief Consultant, Consulting Engg. Services (I) Ltd., 57, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 Hindustan Const. Co. Ltd., Hincon House, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Vikhroli (W), Mumbai-400083, (H. Guha Viswas), Simplex Concrete Piles (I) Pvt. Ltd,, Vaikunt, 2nd Floor, 82, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 (iy) 1RC:83 (Part I1}-2002 BEARINGS PART III: POT, POT-CUM-PTFE, PIN AND METALLIC GUIDE BEARINGS INTRODUCTION The Committee on Bearings, Joints and Appurtenances (B-5 Research Design & Standards Organisation, | Committee) formulated a Sub-committee comprising of S/Shri A Chakrabarti (Chairman), S. Dutta, A.R, Jambekar, A.K. Gupta, M.V.B. Rao and 8. Majumdar for preparing the base draft on POT. and Metallic Guide Bearings. The draft prepared by the Sub-committee was discussed by the B-5 Committee and finalised the same during its mectings held on the 12th October, 2009. The Committee consisted of the following personnel: NK. Sinha Convenor Krishan Kant Co-Convenor RS, Ninan Member-Secretary Members AX. Banerjee AK. Gupta BK Basu AR Jambekar C.C. Bhattacharya SK. Kaistha A. Chakrabarti Dr. Kishan Kumar SP. Charkrabarti PLY. Manjure S. Dutta N. Raghavan Suprio Ghosh. MB. Rao Rajiv Goel V. Velayutham Rep. of BIS Ex-Officio Members . President, IRC DG (RD) (MLV. Paiil) (Prafulla Kumar) Secretary, IRC (G. Sharan) Corresponding Members VP, Deshpande Dr. V.K. Raina MK. Mukherjee AS. Prasads Rao PS. Tyagi 1IRC:83 (Part I})-2002 The Bridges Specifications and Standards Committee in its | meeting held on the 14th July, 2001 approved the draft subject to certain modifications in the light of the comments made by | members. The draft was approved by the Executive Committee in its meeting held on the 16th December, 2001 and later by the | Council of the Indian Roads Congress in its 164th Meeting held at | Kochi on the 8th January, 2002 | | IRC:83, Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IX is being brought out in four parts, Part I deals with Metallic Bearings, Part II with Elastomeric Bearings, Part Il | with POT, POT-cum-PTFE, PIN and Metallic Guide Bearings and Part IV with Expansion Joints. The Part I of the Code relating to Metallic Bearings and Part II relating to Elastomeric Bearings have already been published as IRC:83-Parts I & I respectively, 922. SCOPE 922.1. This section of the code deals with requirements for the materials, design, manufacture, testing, installation and maintenance of POT, PTFE, PIN and Metallic Guide Bearings for Road Bridges. The provisions of this code are meant to serve as a guide to both design and construction engineers, but mere compliance with the provisions stipulated herein will not relieve them in any way of their responsibility for the stability and soundness of the structure designed and erected 922.2. The provision of this code shall apply for operating temperature between -10°C and +50°C. 922.3. Pot bearings with confined elastomeric pressure 2 IRCS83 (Part I1)-2002 Pads upto 1500 mm diameter are within the scope of this code. 922.4. Bearings which are subjected to tensile loads are beyond the scope of this code. 922.5. Bearings which are subjected to rotations greater than 0.025 radians are beyond the scope of this code. 923. TERMINOLOGY 923.1. Pot Bearing A bearing consisting of a metal piston supported by a dise of unreinforced elastomer that is confined within a metal cylinder for allowing rotational movement about any axis in horizontal plane and to bear and transmit vertical load. Pot bearings may be provided with sliding assembly (with or without restraint in the form of guide along a desired direction to bear and transmit horizontal force) comprising of stainless steel plate attached to metal backing plate sliding in horizontal plane over PTFE confined in récess(s) on the piston which shall be termed as Pot-cum-PTFE bearings, Depending on the desired degree of freedom Pot bearings may be of three types as follows: 923.11. Fixed type pot bearing: A type of Pot bearing which alongwith vertical load, bears and transmits horizontal force in any direction and allows rotation about any axis in horizontal plane without permitting any movement in horizontal plane (Fig. 13), 923.1.2. Free sliding type pot-cum-PTFE bearing: A type of Pot bearing which bears and transmits vertical load and allows movement in any direction in the horizontal plane and accommodates rotation about any axis in horizontal plane (Fig. 14).IRC83 (Part IL1)-2002 IRC:83 (Past IH})-2002 ‘ado Bupis — Bupse9q qa La-wna-sod ody 3 pha ‘subd enozvey ag a Les fu BOR ape oh 2014 Suysvag yod 246s poxta “£1 “Ba Ne ue eHOzI0y oy Ue fe on aye! O} S014IRC:83 (Part Il})-2002 923.1.3. Guided sliding type POT-cum-PTFE bearing: A type of Pot bearing which alongwith vertical load bears and transmits horizontal force in one direction only and allows movement perpendicular to that direction and allows rotation about any axis in horizontal plane (Fig. 15), 923.2. PTE Sliding Assembly A bearing consisting of a sliding assembly (with ot without restraint in the form of guide along a desired direction to bear and transmit horizontal force) comprising of stainless steel plate attached to a metal backing plate sliding in horizontal plane over PTFE confined in recess(s) on a fixed plate. PTFE sliding assemblies are capable to bear and transmit vertical load but are not capable to accommodate rotational movement unless provided with additional arrangement. Depending on the desired degree of freedom PTFE sliding assemblies may be of two types as follows: 923.2.1. Free PTFE sliding assembly: A type of PTFE sliding assembly which bears and transmits vertical load and allows ‘movement in any direction in the horizontal plane (Fig. 16). 923.2.2. Guided PTFE sliding assembly: A type of PTFE sliding assembly which alongwith vertical load bears and transmits horizontal force in one direction and allows movement perpendicular to that direction (Fig. 17). 923.3. Pin Bearing A bearing consisting of a metal pin provided within a metal cylinder to bear and transmit horizontal force along any direction in the horizontal plane and accommodating rotational movement about any axis. Pin bearings cannot bear or transmit any vertical load (Fig. 18). : 5 i i 5 j | i — — a) With Side Guides ‘ting epnes angi pacbon IRC:83 (Part II})-2002 type pot-cum-PTFE bearingIRC:83 (Part IIl)-2002 IRC:83 (Part III)-2002 es wenog pong ‘Bald — reg eda —— ania rng soos — ‘e289 31S ‘wow 8 1 Bus ——— Aqquosse 3uppHs gaa PaPIMD “LI Ba @PIND feNUeD UM (q onpoup sua fut poujensar Buys SOpIND epis WWM (e vonpeap ana Buoy pouanos Bus Atquuosse Sunpys aaa 2944 91 Fi ewroy xu uonDeNp hue Boye aos 4IRC:83 (Part IN})-2002 2 g 2 z & 2 : s £ 3 iM z Ss a g : 3 2 a é z £ = = 3B zt re} geocd & Bazey 2 w2NnEes HE: 2 g #aeas < 2 botue Fa 5 pd 10 Fig. 18. Pin bearing IRC:83 (Part 11-2002 923.4. Metallic Guide Bearing ‘A bearing consisting ofa sliding assembly with restraint along jadesired direction to bear and transmit horizontal force and capable ofallowing movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction sthorizontal force. Metallic Guide bearings are capable of allowing fetation only about an axis perpendicular to the plane of sliding, Metallic Guide bearing cannot bear or transmit any vertical load ie 19). Pimn Ger C8249 day —— Archos 6.20) Pageotte aug Pontt ten — Anchor a 20) Staines te ———— etom-r Fig. 19. Metallic guide bearing uIRC$3 (Part I1)-2002 923.5. Cylinder A metallic cylindrical component provided with a monolithic base plate which houses the elastomeric pressure pad and piston for Pot bearings and the Pin for Pin bearings. 923.6. Piston ‘The metallic component of a Pot bearing which is housed inside the cylinder and confines the elastomeric pressure pad. For sliding (free or guided) type Pot-cum-PTFE bearings, the piston is provided with recess(s) at the top to accommodate and confine PTFE 923.7. ‘Confined Elastomeric Pressure Pad A disc of unreinforced elastomer that is confined within the cylinder by the piston of Pot bearings for accommodating rotational movement about any axis in horizontal plane and to bear and transmit vertical load. 923.8. Sliding Component A component comprising of stainless steel plate attached to a metal backing plate for sliding over PTFE. 923.9. Guide Monolithic metallic projection either from the piston which fits into a corresponding recess in the sliding component or from the sliding component parallel to two opposite edges of the piston, to bear and transmit horizontal force along a direction. 923.10. Internal Seal A sealing arrangement between piston and cylinder of Pot and Pot-cum-PTFE Bearings to prevent the extrusion of confined elastomer, under load. 923.11, External Seal A sealing arrangement provided for preventing ingress of ‘moisture and debris through the gap between the piston and cylinder 2 IRC:83 (Part I11)-2002 for Pot bearings and that through the gap between the pin and cylinder for Pin bearings. 923.12. Wiper Seal A sealing arrangement provided for retaining the lubrication and preventing contamination of the sliding surfaces. 923.13. Anchoring Arrangement An arrangement provided to fix the bearing to the structure \Fig. 20). ep —— (2) Anchoring Arrangement with Bolt-Nut/Screw-Sleeve System ost i Anchor Stud an |i ‘Top Backing Pte ‘a Anchor Bott with NUL Washers Bottom Backing Plate (b) Anchoring Arrangement with Backing Plates & Studs Fig. 20. Anchoring arrangement BIRC:83 (Part IH)-2002 14. Preset 923. Setting of sliding component to a predetermined position with respect to its mean position 924. SYMBOLS AND NOTATIONS 924.1, Symbolic Representation of Bearing Function [Symbol |” Bearing | Resists Resists Permits Permits Type | Venice Horizont | Transation | Rowton oad Forwe Along | “Atong | Axis (in Te Direction in | Direction | “Horzon Te Henzonial| (in The Pane) Plane) | Hornzontal Plane) Fixed Yes Any No a O [is ” 4 Yes No any Any ¥ Guides Yes | Uniivectiona] Unidirectionst | ny O°} Sicing Potcum PIE Free PTFE | Yes No any No Sliding | Assembly CJ | Guided PTFE] Yes | Unidirectional] Unidirectional | No Sliding Assembly ©] tw No Any No Any | laceye | Metalic No Uni-drestional] Un-tiestional [Uni-veevons ide 4 924.2. Notations 4 « 8 op ev he bp he de IRC:83 (Part 111)-2002 Design Horizontal Force, in N. Coefficient of Friction at PTFE- Stainless Steel Sling Inerface Design Rotation Angle, in Radia (6p +0v) Calculated Value of Resultant Rotation Angle due to Permanent Actions and Long Term Effects, in Radian Calculated Value of Resultant Rotation ‘Angle due to Variable Actions, in Radian Constants for Determining Induced Moments due to Tilting Stftnes of Confined Blastomeric Pressure pad 3 Induced Moment due to Tilting Stiffness, in N-mm, Induced Moment due to Frictional Resistance, in N-mam, Total Induced Moment, in N-rmm. Diameter of Confined Elastomerie Pressure Pad, in mun, ‘Thickness of Confined Elastomeric Pressure Pad, in min, Thickness of Cylinder Wall of Pot and Pin Bearing, in mm. Height of Cylinder Wall of Pot and in Bearing, in mam. Radius of Curvature of the Curved Contact Surface of Piston and Cylinder for Pot Bearing, in mm, Inner Diameter of Cylinder of Pin Bearing, in mm, 18IRC:83 (Part Il})-2002 dn ha Diameter of Pin of Pin Bearing, in mm, Height of Line of Application of Design Horizontal Force from Cylinder Wall above Base Interface of Pot and Pin Bearing, in mm, Width of Contact Surface of the Piston for Pot Bearing and the Pin for Pin Bearing, in mm. Effective Width of Contact Surface of Piston and Cylinder for Pot Bearing and Pin and Cylinder for Pin Bearing, inmm, Effective Tensile Area of the Bolt/ Screw, in mm Diameter of Anchor Sleeve, in mun, Length of Anchor Sleeve, in mm, Fluid Pressure in Confined Elastomeric Pressure Pad Due to Vertical Load, in MPa ‘The Characteristic Compressive Strength of Concrete, in MPa, Short Tetm Static Modulus of Elasticity of Concrete, in MPa Modulus of Elasticity of Concrete for Permanent Load Effect, in MPa Permissible Direct Compressive Stress in Concrete, in MPa Loaded Area, in mm Dispersed Concentric Area, in many, Average Permissible Direct Bearing Pressure in Concrete, in MPa, Permis Sible Compressive Flexural Stress in Concrete, in MPa. 16 ce, cal= oc, cal = ot = obe = wm = 2 IRC:83 (Part I1)-2002 Calculated Direct Compressive Stress in Concrete, in MPa. Calculated Compressive Flexural Stress in Concrete, in MPa. Peak Stress in Concrete Behind Anchor Sleeve, in MPa, ‘Minimum Yield Stress of Steel, in MPa. Static Modulus of Elasticity of Steel, in MPa, Ultimate Tensile Strength of Stee, in MPa. Permissible Stress in Axial Tension in Steel, in MPa, Permissible Stress in Bending Tension in Steel, in MPa, Permissible Stress in Bending Compression in Steel, in MPa. Permissible Shear Stress in Steel, in MPa. Permissible Bearing Stress in Steel, in MPa, Permissible Equivalent Stress in Stee, in MPa, Calculated Stress in Axial Tension in, Steel, in MPa. Calculated Stress in Bending Tension in Steel, in MPa, Calculated Stress in Bending Compression in Steel, in MPa, Calculated Shear Stress in Steel, in MPa, Calculated Bearing Stress in Steel, in MPa. 7