... designed as bearing-type, fully-tightened, loose-to-slip or slip-critical connections (see Art. 5. 3). Bearing-type connections have a higher allowable load ordesign strength. Slip-critical connections ... grade,’’ such as A36, A572, A588, A514,A709, A 852 , A913, or A992. Such steels may be welded by any of several welding pro-cesses: shielded metal arc, submerged arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, electroslag, ... of material.ASTM A36, A572, A588, A514, A709, A 852 , A913, A992 and A709 define the me-chanical properties, chemistry and permissible production methods for the materials com-monly used in structural...