1. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. AASHTO LRFD bridge design specifications. Washington, DC; 2007.
2. European Committee for Standardization. Eurocode 3: design of steel structures, part 1–9: fatigue. European Committee for Standardization, Brussels, EN 1993-1-9; 2003.
3. Distortion-induced fatigue cracking of bridge details with web gaps;Fisher;J Construct Steel Res,1989
4. Khalil, A. Aspects in nondestructive evaluation of steel plate girder bridges. Dissertation, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; 1998.
5. Preventing cracking at diaphragm/plate girder connections in steel bridges;Wipf,1998