index of the reports of the bridge and structures standards committee

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND
STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE
for ML & HM standards.
95/7 IRS Specification Nos. B-1 and B-3 for final adoption and issue.
96/8 The Bridge Rules 1933- Alterations in clauses 26,33, 59 and 72 i.e. for combined
stresses, working stresses in wrought iron, web stiffeners and latticing.
Fourteenth Meeting - June, 1934
97/1 Section II (e), special rules for ferro-concrete bridges of the Bridge Rules -
Chapter VII of the rules for the opening of a railway.
98/2 Standards of span concrete pipes for railway culverts laid without special
foundation or auxiliary lateral support and maximum permissible stresses and
suitable Specification for pipes.
99/3 Experimental testing of rail stresses under moving loads on the track.
100/4 Umbrella platform roof with special 50’ long lattice welded purlins and revised
standards of brick masonry Arches.
101/5 Rules 22, longitudinal forces on bridges, for the design of brick masonry piers and
abutments.
Fifteenth Meeting- February, 1935
102/1 Standard designs of lattice girder spans of 100 feet and over for Broad Gauge
and Metre Gauge lines.
103/2 Section II (C) Special Rules for ferro-concrete Bridges, of the Bridge Rules
Chapter VII of the rules for the opening of a railway.
104/3 Standard designs for tank stagings in multiple units for any size or height of tank.
105/4 Design of sleeper pad plates on plate girder spans.
106/5 Designs of masonry Arch bridges.
107/6 Draft IRS Specification - M-23-34 for high tensile structural steel and B 5- 34 for
bridge and structural design employing high tensile steel.
108/7 Bridge Rules horizontal earth pressure and surcharge effect on railway bridge
abutments.
109/8 Experimental work on riveted joints strengthened by arc welding.
110/9 Alterations to Chapter II section 3, inspection and tests of bridges, of rules for
the opening of a railway.
Sixteenth Meeting - February, 1936
111/1 Weighment, tests on non-compensated engines.
112/2 Eliminate shop painting with a view to facilitating the removal of mill scale by
weathering prior to final painting after erection.
113/3 Experiments regarding the effects of welding on to a structural member which is
already stressed.
114/4 Pre-stressing of the Nerbudda Bridge spans.
115/5 Specification for the design of spun concrete pipes.
116/6 Specification for the design of structural steel work other than bridges.
117/7 IRS Code of Practice for electric arc welding.
118/8 Standard charts for general use on railways in India in conformity with the
standards of concrete in the IRS Code of Practice.
119/9 Design of the concrete slab tops.
120/10 Indian Railway Standard Code of Practice for the design of bridge piers and
abutments.