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DESIGN NOTES
1. General vii. IRC: 83-2015 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges (Part – I)

THIS DESIGN NOTES are on the Bridge No.6 of Kathmandu Terai/Madhesh Fast Track viii. IRC: 83-2018 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges (Part – II)

(Expressway)-CP6, of which BR.CP6-5-A(TER) with spans arrangement 6x30m, START: ix. IRC: 83-2018 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges (Part – III)
ACH43+078.613 and END: ACH43+258.613, and CP6-5-B(KTM) with 6x30m,
x. IRC: 83-2014 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges (Part – IV)
START:
BCH43+121.386 and END: BCH43+301.386. Whose Superstructure consist of PSC I girders, xi. IRC: 45-1972 Recommendation for estimating the resistance of soil below the maximum
continuous deck; and substructures of column piers, U-shaped thin wall abutments and column scour level in the design of well foundation of bridges
abutments.
xii. IRC: 87-2011 Guidelines for Formwork, False work and Temporary Structures

2. Standards and Criteria xiii. IRC: 89-1997 Guidelines for Design and Construction of River Training & Control Works
for Road Bridges
2.1. Design Standard
xiv. IRC: SP 33-1989 Guidelines on supplemental measures for design, detailing and durability
The Employer Standard and Required / Compliance Specification document provides
of important bridge structures
guidance and requirements for the design / construction of bridges and associated civil
engineering work throughout the Expressway. It defines design principles and best practice to be xv. IRC: SP 65-2018 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Segmental Bridges
applied to construction of the bridges in accordance with IRC loading. The design approach xvi. IRC: SP 66-2016 Guidelines for Design of Continuous Bridges
defined here embraces the IRC vision and reflects the project’s commitment to secure design,
xvii. IRC: SP 67-2005 Guidelines for Use of External and Unbonded Prestressing Tendons in
construction and operation as per minimum requirement. The scope of design and construction
Bridge Structures
work considered here encompasses the majority of civil engineering structures within the contract.
The following codes provides the basic requirement to be meet with: xviii. IRC: SP 70-2016 Guidelines for Use of High-Performance Concrete in Bridges (Including
BRIDGE DESIGN CODES: The code shall be followed generally by IRC whenever IRC not Self Compacting Concrete in Bridges)
available, the contractors should follow international codes (i.e., AASHTO, EURO codes etc.)
xix. IRC: SP 71-2018 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Precast Pretensioned Girder for
i. IRC: 5-2015 Stndard Specification and Code of Practice for Road Bridges
Bridges
ii. IRC: 6-2017 Standard Specification and Code of Practice for Road Bridges
xx. IRC: SP 23-1983 Vertical Curves for Highways
iii. IRC: 112-2020Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges
xxi. IRC: SP 64-2016 Guidelines for analysis and design of cast in place voided slab structure
iv. IRC: 22-2015 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges
xxii. IRC: SP:114-2018 Guidelines for Seismic Design of Road Bridges
v. IRC: 24-2010 Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Steel Road
Bridges (Limit States Method). xxiii. IRC: SP: 115-2018 Guidelines for Design of Integral Bridges

vi. IRC:
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xxiv. IS: 2911-2010 Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Pile Foundations 4.1. Superstructure
xxv. IS: 13920-2016 Ductile detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures subjected Seismic The superstructure shall be employed 6x30m prestressed concrete pre-casting and simply
Forces –Code of Practice supported I-girder , and concentrated pre-casting and erecting on site.

2.2. Design Criteria The bridge deck is paved with in order water proof layer, and 80mm asphalt concrete pavement
layer. The abutments and the piers will be provided with Circular HDR Bearings. D120 expansion joint
1. Design speed: 60km/h;
will be set at abutments.
2. Live load grade: CLASS 70R and CLASS A;
4.2. Substructure
3. Bridge Width: 11.8m~12.4m;
The substructure of bridge is designed to pile type abutment and column pier, and bored
4. Design Flood Frequency：A frequency of 1/100 years.
cast-in-situ pile foundation which is designed to be friction pile.
5. Bridge pavement:80mm thick asphalt concrete.
4.3. Auxiliary structure design
6.Design Life: According to Clause 5.3.4.3 in the Bidding Document part Ⅱ, the minimum design
1. Crash Barrier
life of the Project shall be as follows.
Crash Barrier is designed on both sides of the bridge and should be in smooth connection and in
Design
Members Minimum Value flush to the guardrail of embankment.
Parameter
A The Main Structure of the Bridge 100 years 2. Bridge Deck Drainage
B Bearings / Movement Joint 50 years Transverse drain is provided outside the right or left side of bridge and arranged at a spacing of
C Drainage system 20 years 3.5m longitudinal to the bridge.
Road Pavement:
3. Expansion joint
D - Cement concrete pavement 20 years
- Asphalt concrete pavement 10 years 120 expansion joint is used for the bridge, which suit the maximum expansion amount of 120mm；

E Wearing surface/Overlay 10 years 160 expansion joint is used for the bridge, which suit the maximum expansion amount of 160mm.

4. Abutment approach slab

3. Bridge seismic design To reduce the uneven settlement of subgrade at abutment and at bridge head, a 6.0m long approach
slab is designed at the back of abutment.
All the bridges are located in seismic terrain of V category. According to the Clause 5.2, 5.5 of
“IRC SP114-2018”, the method of analysis shall be Elastic Response Spectrum Method and Time 5. Materials Parameters
history Method with site specific studies.
5.1. Concrete
4. Bridge design
The design of concrete structures shall be in accordance with “IRC-112-2020”. The concrete grade

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shall be as follow: and Table 18.1 of “IRC-112-2020” shall be used.

Exposure Classes, Structural Classes and Concrete Covers Elastic modulus: E= 200 GPa
Minimum Exposure Design Nominal
Location Minimum Yield Stress/0.2% proof-stress fyk= 500 MPa.
Concrete Grade Class Cover (mm)

Concrete for Minimum Tensile Strength, as 110% of the actual 0.2% proof stress/yield stress :565MPa.
M40 Severe 75
bored piles Minimum elongation :16%.
Pile caps M40 Severe 75
Density: 78.5 kN/m3.
Abutments M35 Moderate 75
According to clause 15.2.3.3 of “IRC-112-2020”, Basic anchorage length is specified as follows:
Piers M40 Moderate 75
40 (Top) lb = (φ/4) (fyd / fbd) = k.φ
RC Slab M50 Moderate
50 (Bottom)
Where φ= Nominal diameter of the bar,
40 (Top)
PC I Girder M50 Moderate
50 (Bottom) fyd is design ultimate stress = fy /1.15

40 (Top) Values for k for different grades of concrete and steel are given in below:
PC Box Girder M50 Moderate
50 (Bottom)
Grade of concrete M20 M25 M30 M35 M40 M45 M50
Barrier M35 Moderate 40
Approach Slab M35 Moderate 40 HSD Bars Fe 500 &
54 47 40 36 34 32 29
5.2. Prestressing Steel Fe500D

Prestressing steel shall be as per clause 6.3 of “IRC-112-2020”. Characteristic strength of For bent bars the basic anchorage length should be measured along the centre line of the

prestressing tendons shall be as per clause 18.3.2 of “IRC-112-2020”. bar. The Length in favorable bond condition are shown below:

All Prestressing steel units shall be of Class Ⅱ (Nominal diameter =15.2mm, Area=140 mm2). Development Length（mm）
Bar diameter
Breaking strength of strand = 260.7 kN (mm) M20 M25 M30 M35 M40 M45 M50

0.2% Proof Load = 234.6 kN 10 540 470 400 360 340 320 290

12 648 564 480 432 408 384 348

Density: =78.5 kN/m3
16 864 752 640 576 544 512 464
Relaxation of steel at 20℃ at 1000 Hours:= 2.5% (70% UTS)
20 1080 940 800 720 680 640 580
5.3. Reinforcement Steel (Rebars) 25 1350 1175 1000 900 850 800 725

High strength deformed (HYSD) reinforcement bars of Fe-500D grade, conforming to Clause 6.2 28 1512 1316 1120 1008 952 896 812

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32 1728 1504 1280 1152 1088 1024 928 elevations, dimensions and coordinates before commencing work. No Permit to Work shall be granted
Notes: For unfavourable bond condition the above values should be multiplied by factor of 1.43. before such verification. If any inquiries or doubts found, please contact the design Engineer promptly.

5.5. Other materials 2. Check and verify the geological conditions before commending substructure works. During
construction, compare the actual geological conditions with that provided in the Geological
1. Corrugated pipe: The material for the ducts shall be high density polyethylene with more than Investigation Report; promptly report any discrepancy if founded.
2% carbon black to provide resistance to ultraviolet degradation. The prestressing strand duct diameter
3. Backfill the rear section of the abutments with gravels, in layers balanced and symmetric. Each
is 80mm（inner）.
layer shall be of thickness not greater than 15cm. From the base of the back-filled to the top of subgrade,
2. Bridge floor drainage: the drainage is provided outside the right and left side of bridge and the compaction ratio shall be 95%.
arranged at a spacing of 3.0m longitudinal to the bridge. All drainage pipes are made of UPVC.
4. Position the cushion blacks at precise design location and elevation precisely on the top of pier
6. Bridge durability design and/or abutment. The top of the cushion blacks shall be kept level and flat. The gradient of bridge shall
be achieved through adjustment of the height of cushion blocks or the height of pier and or abutment.
To ensure the durability of bridge structure, the maximum water/cement ratio and the minimum
cement content used for structural concrete should conform to Clause 14.3.2 of “IRC-112-2020”. 5. In construction of the rear wall of abutment, rebars of the expansion joints shall be embedded
Furthermore, the minimum Cover of concrete for reinforcement should meet the requirements of the according to the correspondent drawing. Sufficient space shall be reserved for installing the expansion
drawing and also conform to Table 14.2 of “IRC-112-2020”. joints.

The new concept of full lifetime is adopted for the design of bridge. The following measures are 6. Preset the embedded parts of road lights before installing the rebars of barriers and concrete
also taken to alleviate the hazard to bridge structure for the sake of durability: casting.

1.Concrete water/cement ratio, cement content and strength must be meet the design requirements. 7. During installation of bearings, expansion joints, waterproof of deck and other finished products,
the technical support staff of the suppliers shall be present at site.
2.Waterproof layers of sound anti-permeability, Counter-shear and tensility shall be applied to
improve the performance of the bridge. 8. Prefabricated I girders shall remain intact during storage, loading and offloading, transportation
and installation.
3.Stringent measures shall be adopted to ensure the compaction ratio of the wearing coat, with
through drainage. Complete quantity control policy shall be complemented in construction of the 9.Prefabricated I girders shall be placed in standing position and stocked not more than 2 layers.
Anchorage caps to prevent seepage through girder end and/or expansion joints. Certain supports or brackets shall be applied to prevent deflection. Refer to relevant design drawings for
other particulars not stated herein, and proceed in compliance with relevant regulations on construction.
4.Anti-rusting measures shall be applied to the ends of Anchorage of tendons; concrete shall be of
decent properties of anti-cracking. 8、Hydrology and Geotechnical parameters
5.Regularly check the performance of bearings, carry out replacement if required due to ageing.
The summary of hydrological analysis can refer "FINAL REPORT ON Hydrological Study"；and
7. Particulars on Construction Geotechnical summary in "FINAL GEOTECHNICAL REPORT".

1. Carefully read through all the design drawings, check and verify corresponding design

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