AMENDMENT

NOTIFICATION NO. 9
Amendment No. 6/IRC:112/May, 2018 (Effective from the 30 th June, 2018)
To
IRC:112-2011 – “Code of Practice for Concrete Road bridges”
S. No.
No. Clau
Clause
se No.
No. For Re a d
Page No.

1 11.3.2.3 (1) Curvature Curvature

(Page 116) (1) For members with constant The curvature of any member may be calculated by
symmetrical cross – sections (including using
reinforcement), the following may be
  Eq.11.7
used:
  Eq.11.7
Where, For simplication it can be assumed that the strain in
k r  is a correction factor depending on axial extreme compression ber εc reaches failure strain and
load, can be taken as εcu2
cu2
  and in the tension steel strain ε y
reaches the yield strain ε yd 
k φ is a factor for taking account of creep.
Where,

d = is the effective depth given in (2)
d is the effective depth in the plane of bending
k r  is a correction factor depending upon axial load as
given in (3)
k φ is a factor for taking account of creep as given in
(4).

2 11.3.2.3(2) (2) If all reinforcement is not concentrated (2) For members with constant symmetrical cross
on opposite sides, but part of it is section (including reinforcement) having reinforcement
(Page 117)
distributed parallel to the plane of bending, on both faces which reach the yield strains and are
d is dened as: separated by lever arm, z = 0.9d, the curvature is given
 by ε  and d  as
 yd 
 as dened earlier.
Eq. 11.8
If all reinforcement is not concentrated on opposite
Where i s  is the radius of gyration of the sides, but part of it is distributed parallel to the plane
total reinforcement area. of bending, d is dened as:
 Eq. 11.8
Where i s is the radius gyration of the total reinforcement
area

3 11.3.2.3 (3) (3)  K r   in Expression (11.7) should be (3) As a simplication k r  in expression (11.7) may be
taken as: taken as 1.0 on the conservative side. Alternatively k r 
(Page 117)
can be calculated as shown below:
 K r  = (n
( nu – n) / (n
( nu – nbal ) ≤ 1
k r  = (n
( nu – n) / (n
( nu – nbal ) ≤ 1 Eq. 11.9
Where Eq. 11.9
Where
 relative axial force.
 N  ED = is the design value of axial force.
nu = 1 + ω  N  ED = design value of axial force

nbal  is the value of n at maximum moment nu = 1 + ω

resistance; the value 0.4 may be used.
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S. No.
No. Clau
Clausse No
No. F or
Page No.
 A s = is the total area of reinforcement.
 Ac = is the area of concrete cross – section.
4 12.3.4 (2)  Aceff  is the effective area of concrete in
(Page 126) tension surrounding the reinforcement of
depth hcef   where hcef   is the lesser of 2.5
(h-d);(h-x)/3; or or h/2 (refer g 12.2)
5 12.3.6  New Note
(Page 130)
6 Clause In order to avoid edge sliding, uniformly
16.11.2 (3) distributed reinforcement parallel to the
(Page 189) loaded face should be provided to the
 point at which local compressive
compress ive stresses
stress es
are dispersed. This point is determined as
follows:
A line inclined at an angle θ (30º) to the
direction of load application is drawn from
the edge of the section to intersect with
the opposite edge of the loaded surface,
as shown in Fig. 16.10. The reinforcement
 provided to avoid edge sliding shall be
adequately anchored.
Read
nbal   is the value of n calculated using the balanced
axial force corresponding to the maximum moment
of resistance of section which shall be obtained by
constructing the Axial Load-Moment interaction
diagram.
For symmetrically reinforced rectangular sections nbal 
can be taken as 0.4.
Where
 A s = is the total area of reinforcement, and,
 Ac = is the area of concrete cross – section.
 Aceff  For rectangular section it is the effective area of
concrete in tension surrounding the reinforcement of
depth hcef , where hcef  is the lesser of 2.5 (h-d); (h-x)/3;
or or h/2 (refer g 12.2)
For circular section a thin slice in the plane of bending
through diameter having width equal to spacing of
reinforcement bars may be taken and analyzed.  Ac,eff ,
hcef   and  ρ p.eff  shall be calculated for this slice taking d
as the effective depth of reinforcement in this width
Add Note below table
tabl e 12.3:
“Table
“Table 12.2 and 12.3 are applicable for circular section
also.”
In order to avoid edge sliding, uniformly distributed
reinforcement parallel to the loaded face should be
 provided to the point at which local compressive
compress ive
stresses are dispersed. This point is determined as
follows:
A line inclined at an angle θ (30º) to the direction
of load application is drawn from the edge of
the section to intersect with the opposite edge of
the loaded surface, as shown in Fig. 16.10. The
reinforcement provided to avoid edge sliding
(At) shall be calculated using the expression
At  f  yd  ≥ FRdu/2 and shall be adequately anchored
on both sides of the failure plane. Reinforcement
 provided for other purposes may also be utilized for
this requirement.
 AMENDMENT/ERRATA

NOTIFICATION NO. 10
Amendment No. 3/IRC:6/May, 2018 (Effective from the 30 th June, 2018)
To
IRC:6-2017 “Standard
“Standard Specications and Code of Practice for Road bridges,
Section; II Loads and Load Cominations” (Seventh Revision)
S. No. Clause No. F or Re a d
Page No.
1 Clause 219 Seismic Force Refer IRC:SP:114
IRC:SP:114 “Guidelines for Seismic Design
of Road Bridges”
(Page 61 to 74)

NOTIFICATION NO. 11
Errata No. 1/2018
To
1. IRC:SP:64-2016 “Guidelines for the Analysis and Design of Cast-in-Place
Cast-in-Place Voided Sla
Sla
Superstructure (First Revision)”
2. IRC:SP:66-2016 “Guidelines for Design of Continuous bridges (First Revision)” and
3. IRC:SP:70-2016 “Guidelines for the use of High Performance Concrete (Including Self Compacting
Concrete in Bridges) (First Revision)”.
S. No. Clause No. For R e ad
Page No.
1 2.0 Cl No.2.1 Deleted
(Page 2) Cl No. 2.2 Deleted
Cl. No.2.3 2.1

SEMINAR ON “INTRODUCTION
“ INTRODUCTION TO NEw SEISMIC
SEIS MIC GUIDELINES ON HIGHwAY
HIGHwAY bRIDGES
(IRC:SP:114-2018)” ON 23  JUNE 2018 AT PHD HOUSE, NEW DELHI
RD

Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), national apex body of s tructural engineers in India
is planned to organize half-day Seminar on topic “Introduction to Ne Seismic Guidelines on Highay
bridges (IRC:SP:114-2018)”   on 23rd  June 2018 between 2:30 PM to 05:30 PM at PHD Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, PHD House, 4/2 Shri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi 110 016.
The participation fee is Rs 1,000/- for non IAStructE members. Hoever, for IRC memers 25 % discount is
available. For IAStructE members, there is no participation fee. The Seminar will be followed by high tea. The
aim of seminar is to sensitize the bridge designers, proof checkers, authority engineers and client engineers
about provisions/adoptability of recently published/released IRC’s) new document IRC:SP:114-2018
“Guidelines for Seismic Design for Road bridges”, (i,e. on May 4 th 2018 during IRC council meeting
held at Aizawl) which is replacing existing seismic provisions of IRC:6-2017. The invited speakers in this
seminar are the code makers themselves who were involved in making of this new guideline.
In view of limited available seats, you are requested to quickly send your nomination along with the requisite
fee, as applicable or nominate engineers from your organization/department latest by 5 th June, 2018. For
further details and enquiry, you may contact the IAStructE Secretariat: Mr. Vikas Verma,
Verma, Manager IAStructE,
Tel: 011-45794829,
011-45794829, Email: iastructe@gmail.com.