NOTIFICATION Where, 11 is the factor which increases the stress in the reinforcing steel due to differences in bond behavior between prestresting tnd reinforeing sca A, isthe area of enforcing sel A, isthe enol prestessing steel ‘A, sth smallest diameter ofthe reinforcing ste inthe rlevan cross-section 4 isthe diameter of the prestressng steel (for bundles an equivalent diameter 1.6 /APischose, where A is the eoss-scton area of the bundle), & {isthe ratio of bond strength ofpresressng steel and reinforcing sel For pos-teaioned members te folowing value maybe sed 2=00 for pain pressing wiredbas = 0.4 for strands 0.6 for ribbed prstesing wires 2 1.0 for ribbed prestesing bars For pretesioned members the following values may be sed @= 06 for strands €=0.7 for indented wires, £05 for ribbed presuesingwitefbars A8.6 Inclination of the Compressive struts 0,, for Design of Shear Reinforcement Inthe design of the shear reinforcement the inclination of the compressive struts 0, may be calculated using a strut and tie ‘model or in accordance with expression below tan (0) = N(tan (®)) < 1.0. whore 0 is the angle of concrete compression struts tothe beam axis assumed in ULS design (see 10.3.3) NOTIFICATION NO. 44 Amendment No. 2/IRC:24-2010/February, 2021 (Effective from 1" MAY, 2021) To IRC:24-2010 “Standard Specifications And Code of Practice for Road Bridges” Section V Steel Road Bridges (Limit State Method) (Third Revision) SL] Clause No. For Read INo.| Page No. 1 Clause [New clause [Plates with changes in plate thickness shall be welded adjacent to the transverse 509.7.15, stiffener, see Figure x.x. The effects of eccentricity need not be taken into (Pg. no.110) account unless the distance to the stiffener from the welded junction exceeds b/2 Jor 200 mm whichever is the smallest, where b, is the width of the plate between, longitudinal stiffeners. <.min (Bor 200 mm) 1 ~~ 2 1 Transverse stiffener 2 Transverse weld Figure x.x: Welded plates 50 INDIAN HIGHWAYS | MAY 2021