It depends on where the beam is going, i.e. roof, attic, floor? that determines what loads and deflection limit I will use. usually 20 DL/20 Lr for roof, 10DL/20LL for ceiling/attic, and 15DL/40LL for floor. I started going to L/480 for floor deflection. IRC Span Charts are wonderful for...
I wanted to take the SE, but now I'm not even sure if its necessary because I live in Virginia.. However, if you look at the Exam Specs for the PE, it acknowledges most of all the same codes as the SE exam specs such as AISI, NDS, TMS, etc... but there isn't a section in the PE handbook that...
I am so confused as to what I should even be studying. The PE Civil: Structural Exam Specs has TMS402 listed, but the PE civil handbook only has steel and concrete design references??
Why do they have to group all the PE civils together?? that is so impractical and illogical for someone who...
This looks good, but where did you get the f_m and f_s equations from? Why is f_m a triangular block? I only took reinforced concrete design in school. I don't think many universities teach Masonry design anymore. I recall the Whitney stress block being a rectangle like you did for f_s
May someone please help me find these equations that NCEES just magically pulled out of a hat? There is no reference to them anywhere in TMS402-16 or 22
