DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL LOADING ON A SLAB CULVERT BY COMPARING INDIAN CODE (IRC) AND BRITISH CODE (BS)

Abstract

Mumbai is a densely populated city in India with the problem due to traffic congestions is rapidly increasing. The development of infrastructure would diminish these congestion problems. In this research paper, culvert slab design has been carried out, pertaining to critical load. This article details the comparative analysis of live load on the deck of a slab culvert by Indian Roads Congress (IRC) and British Standard (BS) code of practice. The loads causing the adverse effects in each code are identified to be Class AA tracked (IRC) for Indian code and HB loading (BS) for British code. On comparative analysis between the two codes the critical loading was found to be for BS- HB loading.

Further this extreme condition can be made as the design criteria for bridges, to cope up with the adverse conditions created by any vehicular class pertaining to IRC and BS.