LA County Fire Department requirement is 25% max, with some other restrictions and requirements placed thereon. I highly recommend against anything above 15%. Particularly since you have no experience, you may still mess it up. Your client won't like when their limo bottoms out, or there...
It should be pointed out that "Fundamentals of Engineering Exam" is just that, fundamentals. There are only a few fundamental principles, everything overlapse and collapses upon these principles. For instance, statics helped me learn circuits (writing equations applying boundary conditions)...
Hi HgTX,
It reminds me of highschool students saying, "what do I need to learn that for?" The threads in the Structural Forum gave me the same irk. How can this person possibly think they're above the EIT. California is breeding mediocrity. California used to have the best schools and DOT it...
The EIT is a very easy exam to pass. If you are not able to pass the "Fundamentals" of engineering exam--perhaps you should consider another profession.
Hello,
Copper arsenates are no longer being allowed. So, what is appropriate timber treatment for bridges over waterways? Is creosote allowed at all?
My understanding is that creosote has been replaced by the various copper compounds. But isn't copper harmful to aquatic environments? And...
Here in California it is the same. In fact 30% of the engineers here are from your country and another 40% are from a country with a similar design philosophy as yours, but they do not speak english as well as you.
At least that is my experience.
This whole discussion smells fishy. Particularly the parts about shear deformation. The matrix analysis and moment distribution I use are based on plane sections remaining plane (basic beam theory). Are you sure your software analysis as well as moment distribution are appropriate?
It...
I feel very safe when I walk into a building. Apparently architects are doing a good job designing buildings.
What is uncomfortable is the ever increasing number of titles, laws, specifications, codes, etc...
Cherie do you have a link that summarizes these ARS curve construction? Earthquake design is like runoff analysis, lots of false precision. Ultimately, the soils engineer must specify the curve, and you must agree that it is correct, sounds like something that can be taken care of with a phone...
I wish that was my project--oh well. I only work on little teeny projects and my advice is free--about what it's worth. I would break each member into finite elements (using a spreadsheet). I could get my carry-over factors, stiffnesses and FEMs from that. Then use moment distribution...
