Kishore Kumar B

From: Srinunaik Banavathu

Sent: 23 July 2018 15:47
To: Kishore Kumar B
Subject: FW: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18

Scour depth in rocks FYI.

Thanks & Regards

B SRINU NAIK
Sr. Manager-Engineering
TATA PROJECTS LIMITED.
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From: Srinunaik Banavathu

Sent: 23 July 2018 15:46
To: 'Afroj ALAM' <Afroj.Alam@smec.com>; Younis BHAT <Younis.Bhat@smec.com>; Eswara Prasad C R
<eswaraprasadcr@tataprojects.com>
Cc: Younis BHAT <Younis.Bhat@smec.com>; Punit SH <Punit.SH@smec.com>; Pankaj KAISTHA
<Pankaj.Kaistha@smec.com>; Gubbi SHIVAKUMAR <Gubbi.Shivakumar@smec.com>; Vivekananda KS
<Vivekananda.KS@smec.com>; Ramakrishna Raju N <nrkraju@tataprojects.com>; Dinesh Purushe
<dineshpurushe@tataprojects.com>; Priya JOSE <Priya.Jose@smec.com>
Subject: RE: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18

Dear Afroj,

Point wise replies given below.

Regards,
B Srinu Naik

From: Afroj ALAM [mailto:Afroj.Alam@smec.com]

Sent: 23 July 2018 12:49
To: Srinunaik Banavathu <srinunaikb@tataprojects.com>; Younis BHAT <Younis.Bhat@smec.com>; Eswara Prasad C
R <eswaraprasadcr@tataprojects.com>
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<Pankaj.Kaistha@smec.com>; Gubbi SHIVAKUMAR <Gubbi.Shivakumar@smec.com>; Vivekananda KS
<Vivekananda.KS@smec.com>; Ramakrishna Raju N <nrkraju@tataprojects.com>; Dinesh Purushe

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<dineshpurushe@tataprojects.com>; Priya JOSE <Priya.Jose@smec.com>
Subject: RE: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18

Dear Naik,
As per our telephonic discussion and reference to trailing mail, “SILT factor value” for Minor & Major bridge should
be mention in Factual Geotech report by investigation agency. The same silt factor shall be used for scour depth
calculation and PMC always verifying this silt factor value from Factual GT Report only. Kindly instruct to soil agency
to provide (mention) silt factor value in factual GT report as basis for PMC Cross verify & approval.

TPL Reply: Noted and provided wherever soil is encountered. For rocks weak to Strong ref. below reply.

@Younis
Depth of scour could be possible in soil and highly weathered rock (where Core Recovery < 35%) only.
Recommended Depth of scour shall be restricted up to rock level irrespective of calculation by keeping note that,
rock is encountered at particular depth.

@Eswar Sir,
For optimization of foundation depth where rock strata is encountered at deeper depth (let say more than 3.5m), in
that case silt fator is play important role to fix scour depth and accordingly founding level. If soil/weathered rock
encountered till deeper depth we can’t keep our founding level at rock level in every case. As I understand, at some
bridge location, soil/weathered rock encountered in deeper depth also.

Scour Depth calculation in rocks.

i) As per IRC-78-2014 703.2.2.2, No rational formula or data for determining scour depth for bed material
consisting of gravels and boulders (normally having weighted diameter more than 2.00 mm) and clayey
bed is available. In absence of any data on scour for such material, the mean scour depth may be
calculated following the guidelines given in Appendix-1. Can be calculated from shear strength of rocks.

ii) Shear strength of weathered rocks

a) When cores and/or core testing result are not available, or when geo-material is highly fragmented.
The shear strength of geo-material is obtained from its correlation with extrapolated SPT values for
300 mm of penetration as given in table below for cohesion values as per IRC-78-2014 cl:9 page no.
79

b) Shear strength of soil can be evaluated from IS: 2911 (part 1/ sec2) since it is difficult to collect cores
in weathered/soft rocks, the method suggested by Cole and Stroud using ‘N’ values is more widely
used.

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 c) If sound rock is met with, at the higher levels than the anticipated scour,
scour criteria will not be applicable as per IS: 7784 part.1-1993.

Based on the above we can easily evaluate the scour depth in rocky strata. However, the scour depth can be
restricted in weathered rocks.

Hope this will be enough for getting clearance from PMC.

Thanks & Regards

MD. Afroj Alam

M.Tech’Geotech, MIGS, MISRMTT, MCEAI, MIE, MECI
(Chartered & Professional Engineer)

Senior Associate – Rail & Metro

M +91 9560811121 T +91 124 4552800 Ext. – 417
E afroj.alam@smec.com

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From: Punit SH
Sent: Friday, 20 July 2018 6:39 PM
To: Younis BHAT; Aakash SINGHAL
Cc: Pankaj KAISTHA
Subject: FW: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18

Pls provide scour lvl for 66 & 68E

Punit Vibhu SH
Engineering Manager – Rail & Metro
M +91 9972398943 T +91 080-23344244/45
E Punit.SH@smec.com

From: Eswara Prasad C R [mailto:eswaraprasadcr@tataprojects.com]

Sent: 20 July 2018 17:31
To: Punit SH
Cc: Ramakrishna Raju N; Jeetendra Prakash D; Madhavan R; Dinesh Purushe; Srinunaik Banavathu; Gubbi
SHIVAKUMAR
Subject: RE: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18

Dear Punit,

When rock is available at shallow depth where is the question of silt factor?

The depth of rock strata is listed below:

66 – Rock depth 1m

68E – Rock depth 3.5m

This point clarified many times to SMEC.

Regards,
Eswara Prasad

From: Punit SH <Punit.SH@smec.com>

Sent: 20 July 2018 16:58
To: Dinesh Purushe <dineshpurushe@tataprojects.com>; Srinunaik Banavathu <srinunaikb@tataprojects.com>;
Eswara Prasad C R <eswaraprasadcr@tataprojects.com>
Cc: Ramakrishna Raju N <nrkraju@tataprojects.com>; Jeetendra Prakash D <jeetendrapd@tataprojects.com>;
Madhavan R <madhavanr@tataprojects.com>
Subject: RE: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18

Dear Sir,

For major bridge 66 & 68E pls provide silt factors for arriving at scour depths.

Thanks in advance.
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Punit Vibhu SH
Engineering Manager – Rail & Metro
M +91 9972398943 T +91 080-23344244/45
E Punit.SH@smec.com

From: Dinesh Purushe [mailto:dineshpurushe@tataprojects.com]

Sent: 20 July 2018 16:47
To: Gubbi SHIVAKUMAR
Cc: Ramakrishna Raju N; Eswara Prasad C R; Punit SH; Pankaj KAISTHA; Rajeev PATHAK; Jeetendra Prakash D;
Madhavan R; Sushil MALIK
Subject: Required Major Bridge GFC by End of July 18
Importance: High

Dear Sir,

Following is the status of some of the major bridges for which we required GFC status by end of this month. So
kindly complete all submissions (Hydrology, GAD’s, Structural design’s) by 25th July 2018. Pl confirm.

To expedite the review and approval DFCC/PMC is ready to cooperate. SMEC support is required to complete the
task on time.

SN Major GIR Hydrology GAD Sub-Structure Super Structure Remark

Bridge No. Design Design
1 66 UR by PMC NOO NOO NOO
(since 20-March- (since 5-July-18) (since 16-May-18)
18)
2 68E UR by PMC NOO NOO NO SUBMISSION NO SUBMISSION
(since 20-March- (since 5-July-18)
18)
3 83 NONO NOO NONOC NOO
(since 14-May-18) (since 17-May- (since 16-May-18)
18)
4 88 NONO UR by PMC NONOC NOO
(since 27-June- (since 16-May-18)
18)
5 106 NONO NOO NOO UR by PMC NOO
(since 14-May-18) (17-July-18) (since 16-May-18)
UR- Under Review

With Regards,
DINESH PURUSHE | Asst. General Manager – Engineering
TATA PROJECTS LIMITED
The Corenthum | A/41 | 3rd Floor Tower B | Sector-62
Noida 201 309, Uttar Pradesh India Tel: 91 120 6844400 / 459
Email: dineshpurushe@tataprojects.com | Website: www.tataprojects.com

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