index of the reports of the bridge and structures standards committee

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND
STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE
62/7 New designs of standards MG spans.
63/8 Revise the BG standard designs
64/9 Rendel, Palmer and Tritton’s criticisms of 6th, 7th and 8th Reports. Standard
designs of BG skew spans - Interaction of floor and main members.
65/10 Recording of secondary vibrations to revise impact factor on short spans.
66/11 Recording of secondary vibrations to revise impact factor on short span.
Eleventh Meeting - March, 1932
67/1 The revision of Specification of IRS (R)* manufacture of steel structures other
than bridge girders.
68/2 Erection Specification for bridge girders, payment of erection.
69/3 Specification for erection of steel structures other than girders.
70/4 Messrs, Rendel, Palmer and Tritton’s criticism of Specification for electric arc
welding.
71/5 Specification dealing with workmanship of electric arc welds. qualifications of
welders and preparation of test specimen.
72/6 Rendel, Palmer and Tritton’s criticism of 6th, 7th and 8th BSC reports. Interaction
of floor and main members of truss spans.
73/7 Standardisation of duplicated girder spans and through girder spans.
74/8 Tolerances knuckle and roller bearings for bridges.
75/9 Impacts in the case of bridges carrying road or foot traffic etc.
76/10 Impact allowances on short railway bridges.
77/11 Revision of Specification for manufacture of bridge girders.
78/12 Tests carried out by the North Western Railway to determine the longitudinal forces
transmitted by bridges, girders and rails.
79/13 Standard MG skew girders of spans below 20’ part of template numbers and
shipping marks on standard girder drawings.
80/14 Raising the permissible working stress in truss members in the ratio of 9 to 8.
Twelfth Meeting – September- October, 1932
81/1 Revision of Specification IRS (B) for manufacture of bridge girders materials and
workmanship.
82/2 The length of field rivets.
83/3 Revision of Specification IRS manufacture of steel structure other than bridge
girders materials and workmanship.
84/4 Specification for the erection of steel structures other than bridge girders.
85/5 Experimental evidence on lower lateral bracing of plate girder spans.
86/6 Experimental evidence on lurching of locomotives on bridges.
87/7 Experimental evidence on tractive and braking forces on bridges.
88/8 Experimental evidence on rail joint impact on bridges.
Thirteenth Meeting - January, 1934
89/1 Messrs, Rendel, Palmer and Tritton’s remarks regarding arc Welding.
90/2 Revision of clause 89 of the Bridge Rules 1933 regarding maximum pitch of
rivets
91/3 Experiments on tractive and braking forces on bridges and longitudinal stiffness of
track extended for application to existing bridges.
92/4 Weighment of engines for use in calculations of the effect of Specific engines
on bridges and track.
93/5 Adoption of high tensile steel for bridge work
94/6 Preparation of standard designs for reinforced concrete slab tops up to 12 ft span