6.

1—SCOPE
6.2—DEFINITIONS
6.3—NOTATION ..
6.4—MATERIALS.
6.4.1—Structural Steels
6.4.2—Pins, Rollers, and Rockers ..
6.4.3—Bolts, Nuts, and Washers
6.4.3.1—High-Strength Structural Fasteners
6.4.3.1.1—High-Strength Bolts......
6.4.3.1.2—Nuts Used with ASTM F3125 Bolts.
6.4.3.1.3—Washers Used with ASTM F3125 Bolts.
6.4.3.1.4—Direct Tension Indicatot
6.4.3.2—Low-Strength Steel Bolts...
6.4.3.3—Fasteners for Structural Anchorage
6.4.3.3.1—Anchor Rods..
6.4.3.3.2—Nuts Used with Anchor Rods .

6.4.4— Stud Shear Connectors...

6.4.5—Weld Metal
6.4.6—Cast Metal ..
6.4.6.1—Cast Steel and Ductile Iron
6.4.6.2—Malleable Castings.
6.4.6.3—Cast Iron
6.4.7—Stainless Stee!
6.4.8—Cables
6.4.8.1—Bright Wire...
6.6.2.1—Member or Component Designations and Charpy V-Notch Testing Requirements

6.6.2.2—Fracture-Critical Members...
6.7—GENERAL DIMENSION AND DETAIL REQUIREMENTS
6.7.1—Effective Length of Span ..

6.4.8.2—Galvanized Wire .
6.4.8.3—Epoxy-Coated Wire
6.4.8.4—Bridge Strand
6.4.9—Dissimilar Metals
6.5—LIMIT STATES..
6.5.1—General...
6.5.2—Service Limit Stat
6.5.3—Fatigue and Fracture Limit State.
6.5.4—Strength Limit State
6.5.4.1—General
6.5.4.2—Resistance Factors
6.5.5—Extreme Event Limit State
6.6—FATIGUE AND FRACTURE CONSIDERATION:
6.6.1—Fatigue
6.6.1.1—General
6.6.1.2—Load-Induced Fatigue
6.6.1.2.1—Application
6.6.1.2.2—Design Crit
6.6.1.2.3—Detail Categories ...
6.6.1.2.4—Detailing to Reduce Constraint

6.6, 1,2,5—Fatigue Resistance:

6.6.1.3—Distortion-Induced Fatigu
6.6.1.3.1—Transverse Connection Plates .
6.6.1.3.2—Lateral Connection Plates
6.6.1.3.3—Orthotropic Decks
6.6.2—Fracture