Investigation of Indian standard plans issued by Ministry of Surface Transport for T-beam bridges

Bridges are the essential parts of the transportation facilities and are subjected to various forces depending on the onsite conditions and specific location of the bridge. T-beam bridges are pivotal in commuting from one place to other especially in shorter spans. The major forces acting on the T-beam bridges are static load, moving load and seismic load. Design of the T-beam bridges is conventional and versatile, as the main components are beams and slabs. There are various methods for the design of RC bridges, depending on the safety and serviceability. The earlier bridges were designed based on the working stress method as safety was the only criteria. Nowadays, the design is based on safety and serviceability. Most of the short span bridges in India are constructed as per the design details of standard plans by Ministry of Surface transport, Govt. of India. The complete design details for RCC slab and T-beam bridges (volume II) are available for the span ranging from 10 m to 24 m. The design details are established on the basis of working stress method as per code IRC 21: 1987. Provisions of IRC-6:1985 for seismic loading has also been incorporated in the design details. At present, working stress method of design of RC Road bridges has been outdated and IRC 112: 2011 code is in use. The study is about, to check the suitability of standard design drawings for spans varying from 10 m to 24 m based on limit state guidelines. design details are checked for the suitability at all seismic zones. MIDAS Civil (2019) software has been adopted to conduct this study. Comparative study has been made for the suitability of the design details of all spans in all seismic zones as per the new code.