Steel Plate Girder Bridge Design Using Indian Standard Method And British Standard Method

This paper compares the Indian Standard Method and British Standard Method in designing a steel plate girder bridges. From the comparison, the author comes out with a design example for both design method. By using excel spreadsheet, the author compares the weight of the plate girder bridge designed using both codes as the span increases with a fixed yield strength used. The design codes used for this study is BS 5400, IS 800:1984, Railway Bridge Rules, and Steel Construction Institute (SCI) Publication.