Vinay Krishna Pandey TGa.

226011
Government of India-Ministry of Railways
Research Designs & Standards Organisation
Executive Director/B&sS-II Lucknow- 226011
Phone / Fax : 0522-2465704
Email : [email protected]

HNT: CBS/IRBM fa0E: 22.07.2024

Principal Chief Engineers:

1. Central Railway, Mumbai CST - 9. North Western Railway, Jaipur
400001 302001
2. Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, 10. Southern Railway, Park Town,
Kolkata - 700001 Chennai - 600003
3 East Central Railway, Hazipur -

11. South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam,

844101 Secunderabad - 500371
4. East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar - 12. South East Central Railway,
751016 Bilaspur - 495004
5. Northern Railway, Baroda House, 13. South Eastern Railway, Garden
New Delhi - 110001 Reach, Kolkata - 700043
6 North Central Railway, Allahabad 14. South West Railway, Hubli - 580023
211001 15. Western Railway, Mumbai - 400020
7. North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur 16. West Central Railway, Jabalpur
27300 1 482001
8. Northeast Frontier Railway, 17. Metro Railway, Jawaharlal Nehru
Maligaon, Guwahati -781061 Road, Kolkata- 700071

Advance Correction slip No. 42 to Indian Railway Bridge Manual.

EDCE/B&S/Railway Board's letter No.2023/3/CE-III/BR/87h BSC,
dated 18.07.2024.

On above subject, Advance Correction Slip No.42 of Indian Railway Bridge

Manual regarding Residual Fatigue Life Assessment of old steel girders, duly
information
enclosed for
approved by Railway Board vide letter under reference, is
and necessary action please.

Receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

HTAE: As above.

(V. K. Pandey)

Executive Director/B&sS-II

uftfefy:
Railway Board, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi -
(A) 1. Additional Member (Civil Engg.)
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Additional Member (Works) Railway Board, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi
2.
110001
Director/Bridges, Railway Board, Rail Bhawan, New
3. Principal Executive
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)

Indian Railways Bridge Manual- 1998

ADDENDUM & CORRIGENDUM SLIP No. 42 dated 22.07.2024

Following amendments are issued in IRBM:

212A. Residual Fatigue Life Assessment of old steel girders: -

As per new codal provisions of IRS Steel Bridge Code, fatigue life of girder
components, depends on the Gross Million Tons of traffic (GMT) carried and the
type of loading permitted over the bridges. Residual fatigue life assessment of
old steel girder bridges, designed with old codal provisions, shall be made in a
phased manner as per Annexure 2/17.
than 50 years
1. All bridges on routes, having annual GMT of 40 and age more
planned for
shall be systematically assessed for residual fatigue life and
extensive monitoring till retrofitting or replacement.
imposed, if the residual
2. Restrictions of loading & speed or both shall be instrumentation may be
fatigue life is found inadequate. On such bridges,
critical members to detect
carried out for continuous monitoring of the
holes & hidden under the
imminent fatigue cracks, initiating from the rivet
rivet heads.
Emission Technique (AET) and
3. Ultra Sonic Flaw Detection (USFD), Acoustic
be used for determining the proper
Oscillation measurements etc. may
consultation with RDSO.
scheme of instrumerntation in

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BY ORDER

(V. K. Pandey)

LUCKNOW Executive Director/B&S-II

Dated: 22.07.2024
AnneXure-2/17
Para-212 A

ASSESSMENT OF RESIDU L FATIGUE LIFE OF OLD STEEL GIRDERS

The residual fatigue life assessment shall be carried out svstematically as illustrated
in Figure-1 and described below. For notations and methods of analysis IRS Steel
Bridge Code (Updated) shall be referred.
Phase- I Preliminary Evaluation
The aim is toremove existing doubts about safety of the structure using fairly simple
methods and identify critical parts or members in the structure. This is performed by
gathering information on the structure from drawings and design computations,
carrying out a site visit, etc. The assessment is carried out by the engineer alone by
using current codes and by making conservative assumptions where information is
lacking or doubtful. Factor of safety against fatigue shall be worked out which should
be more than one.

Phase- II Detailed investigation

The detailed investigations are carried out if the factor of safety against fatigue
determined in Phase-1 is less than one. The aim is to update information and to carry
out refined assessments only for those members where safety is not ensured. This is
done by doing quantitative inspections and using detailed analytical procedure based
on collection of actual traffic data, actual speeds, updated values for loads, sectional
properties of members as well as more accurate models of analysis. Here, in addition
to the engineer, services of specialized firm, agency or individual experts are generally
required. If there are still doubts left about the sufficient residual fatigue life, expert
investigations are to be called for.
Phase-III Expert investigation
For problems with large consequences in terms of risks or of costs
related to a
decision, a team of experts should be called in order to check carefully the
and proposals reached in Phase II. Discussions and conclusions
further assessments using specific
tools (field observation of stresses by
instrumentation, probabilistic methods, fracture
mechanics, etc.) can also be carried out to help in reaching
investigations using time history of stresses measured and stressdecisions. Detailed
range histograms
derived can be done by employing Palmgren - Minor
arrive at amore sophisticated estimate of rule of cumulative damage to
life is still insufficient, remedial residual fatigue life. In case, residual fatigue
measures are to be taken as per Phase-IV.
Phase-V Remnedial measures
The aim is to propose measures to have a fit for service
Salety. Different measures can be taken,
such as:
structure with sufficient
1. Intensify monitoring
2. Reduction of loads or change in use
3. Repair or rehabilitation or rebuilding
4. Strengthening to sustain till re-girdering

Need for fatigue

Ssessment

Engineer alone
Study of documents, Phase I
ite visit

Simple checks using currcot design

rules to idenitfy critxal members

koaest L Valus(hee l)

Reports)
EngieT alone
Pbase II
Specialised kaboraturies
Sufficcnt
safety?
NO Masureents (real rafic ats,
natera cata). qutilalive NDT.
asseMnt a h histogam
Engincer, together with tcam of
Caperts
YES
D-E
YES Phase l I
YES YES
Site visit, discussions,
Compute Sufficient NO Otùer NO Lege
safcry? consequences? analysis using racture
remaining updating machanics and/or
fat1gue life. D ! possibie?
probabilistic methods
NO
Report I!!

ycars?
YES

NO
Intensify Phase Iy
monitoring
Continuc witi
Repair Reduce loads
stundard inspctions
Strengthen Deish sracluie
Structurc
New residual sice life has o be
poinNed out

Figure-1

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILVWAY BOARD)
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No. 2023/3/CE-I/BR/87h BSC New Delhi. Dt.18,07.2024

Executive Director/B&S-II.
RDSO, Manak Nagar,
Lucknow.

Sub:- A&C Slip No.43 of Indian Railways Bridge Manual (IRBM).

Ref:- ED/B&S-II/RDSO's letter no. CBS/ IRBM dated 18.07.2024

The proposed draft Advanced Correction Slip No.43 (ACS44 sent by RDSO will be treated
as ACS 43)of Indian Railways Bridge Manual (IRBM) submitted vide RDSO's letter dt.
18.07.2024 under reference above has been approved & attached herewith as Annexure-A'.
This has the approval of PED/Bridge/Railway Board.

DA:- As above.
Digitally signed
Niraj by Niraj Kumar
Date:
Kumar2024.07.18
15:16:45 +05'30'
(Niraj Kumar)
Executive Director/Civil Engg./B&S
Ph. No. 011-47845474

Copy to:- PED/Infra-lI, RDSO, Lucknow for information &necessary action please.