index of the reports of the bridge and structures standards committee

INDEX OF THE REPORTS OF THE BRIDGE AND
STRUCTURES STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Twenty-fourth Meeting - March, 1944
217/1 Designs of single track through type spans of 150ft and 300 ft (effective) for BG
ML standard (File no. EB/ DOW).
218/2 Formula for ‘k’ used in clause 89 of the Steel Bridge Code and in clause 37 of
the steel structures Code regarding latticing.
219/3 Over stress in existing mild steel girder spans.
220/4 Reduction in the impact factor for spans carrying ballasted track impact allowance
on existing BG bridges reduced for restricted speed as per rule 30 of the Bridge
Rules maximum possible speed on NG sections with full impact.
221/5 Inclusion in the Bridge Rules of a formula for calculating impact on tough flooring
or on steel sleeper on bridges.
222/6 Draft welding Code for final printing.
223/7 Design of welded rigid frame type foot over bridges.
224/8 Suitable formulae in the IRS Steel Bridge and steel structure Code for (i) thickness
of web plates and (ii) stiffener spacing in the design of plate girders.
225/9 Design of 40 ft plate girder span with steel trough sleepers.
226/10 The relief of stress in the top flanges of plate girders with timber decking and
with various types of steel decking
227/11 Standardising RC Ballast walls.
228/12 Rule 17 of the Bridge Rules regarding wind load and other lateral loads
229/30 Revision of clause 10 of Steel Bridge Code- alternating stresses.
230/14 Revision of clause 45 of the Steel Bridge Code regarding camber.
231/15 Rule 19 of the Bridge Rules and clauses 40-42 of the Steel Bridge Code
regarding effects of wind pressure and lateral and portal bracing respectively.
Twenty - fifth Meeting - December, 1944
232/1 Methods of an apparatus for soil testing.
233/2 Clause 11 of the steel structure Code minimum wind pressure to be assumed on
roofs other than the flat roof.
234/3 Revision of clause 52 of the Steel Bridge Code fabrication by welding of plate
girders and members of open web girders
235/4 Clause 52 of the reinforced concrete Code expression ‘jd’.
236/5 Clause 46 of the reinforced concrete Code spacing of anchorage of the
compression reinforcement.
237/6 Deck type spans fitted with top and bottom bracing systems lateral forces to be
resisted by each system.
238/7 Supplement to the pier and abutment Code regarding butt joints etc.
239/8 Impact factor where welded rail joints are used with closely spaced main girders
and when trough flooring is used on widely spaced girders with ordinary rail joints.
240/9 Calculations and sketch for 155 ft. Effective span BG ML loading.
Twenty - sixth Meeting - October, 1945
241/1 Placing the girders of cross timbered spans immediately under the rails.
242/2 Alternative designs of plate girders utilising (a) riveted mild steel (b) riveted high
tensile steel and (c) welded mild steel for new construction (c) drawings of 40ft
and 60 ft plate girder spans ( a) riveted high tensile steel and (b) welded mild steel
types prepared.
243/3 Revised design for (a) a 100 ft. High tensile steel plate girder span with 3/8” web
plate and (b) also a design for a 80” high tensile steel plate girder spans with 3/8”
web plate.
244/4 General arrangement and details of the flood lighting towers.
245/5 Modifying clause 22 A(b) of the Steel Bridge Code- regarding plate girders of